A quarter of refugee women have tried to kill themselves

A quarter of refugee women have tried to kill themselves

Nearly a quarter of women who have sought asylum in Scotland have attempted suicide, a new study carried out in part by the Scottish Refugee Council revealed. The study, which was led by the Gender Violence and Health Centre at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, also revealed that up to 70 percent of the women experienced physical or sexual violence. The researchers called for specific services to detect and respond to those women thinking of ending their lives.

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