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Juliet Morton writes about World Refugee Day and the UN International Day in Support of the Victims of Torture
The United Nations International Day in Support of the Victims of Torture is on 26 June. What is known is that there is a significant relationship between being a refugee and the likelihood of having been tortured. A high proportion of refugees and asylum seekers have been tortured and are left coping with lifelong physical and mental scars, no matter where they finally end up living. The US Center for Victims of Torture has estimated that, of the refugees reaching the US, at least forty-four per cent had been tortured. In the UK the Freedom from Torture charity stresses that many Syrian refugees in this country may be survivors of torture.
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