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A second exile: the mental health implications of detention of asylum seekers in the UK

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Christina Pourgourides*
Affiliation:
Academic Unit, North Birmingham Mental Health Trust Fentham Road, Erdington, Birmingham B23 6AL
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Copyright © 1997 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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