Migrant torture and trauma victims overlooked by Member States
Date of article: 24/02/2017
Daily News of: 24/02/2017
Country: EUROPE
Author: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
Article language: en
English
24/02/2017
Many Member States fail the migrant victims of torture and trauma by not having systems in place to recognise the ordeals they have suffered and support them on arrival. Such trauma if left untreated can scar them and their families for life, and may lead to suicide. These are some of the findings from the latest summary report of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) on migration-related fundamental rights concerns in selected EU Member States. It examines how victims are being handled by national authorities to highlight how to best offer them the protection they are entitled to.