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Understanding the needs of young asylum seekers
M A Lyncha, C Cuninghameba Department of
Community Paediatrics, Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of
Medicine, Newcomen Centre, Guy's Hospital, St Thomas Street,
London SE1 9RT, UK, b Central and East European Programme, Save the
Children, 17 Grove Lane, London SE5 8RD, UK
Correspondence to: Prof. Lynch margaret.lynch@chsltr.sthames.nhs.uk
Accepted 24 July 2000
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Armed conflicts and political violence around the globe are
forcing increasing numbers to flee their homes and seek refuge in
European countries and elsewhere. In this country recent
legislation1 will change the way in which subsistence
allowance and accommodation are to be provided, eroding asylum
seekers' former rights, including those intended by national and
international law to safeguard the welfare of children. Under the
dispersal policy it is intended to allocate asylum seekers to selected
"cluster" areas throughout the country. Some will find themselves
housed where there is little experience of providing health care to
refugees. To respond adequately, health professionals must appreciate
the problems faced by asylum seekers and refugees and gain some
knowledge of the benefits to which they are entitled. Refugee children
and young people face multiple disadvantages. Many come from cultural
and religious backgrounds with which those in the statutory services
who will be responsible for
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