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Migrant workers, migrants, internally displaced persons, asylum seekers and refugees - The silent sufferers of the COVID-19 pandemic: A brief review of media reports

Like other vulnerable groups, the pandemic has severely and negatively impacted marginalized groups, including migrant laborers, documented and undocumented migrants, internally displaced persons (IDPs), refugees, and asylum seekers. The present study briefly reviewed cases of attempted and complete...

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Main Authors: Syed, Nabeel Kashan, Al-kasim, Mohamed Ahmed, Alqahtani, Saad, Meraya, Abdulkarim M., Syed, Mamoon H., Elnaem, Mohamed Hassan Abdelaziz, Griffiths, Mark
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Published: CDS Press 2022
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RA Public aspects of medicine
RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/96726/7/96726_Migrant%20workers%2C%20migrants%2C%20internally%20displaced%20persons.pdf
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spelling my.iium.irep.967262022-07-15T02:05:51Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/96726/ Migrant workers, migrants, internally displaced persons, asylum seekers and refugees - The silent sufferers of the COVID-19 pandemic: A brief review of media reports Syed, Nabeel Kashan Al-kasim, Mohamed Ahmed Alqahtani, Saad Meraya, Abdulkarim M. Syed, Mamoon H. Elnaem, Mohamed Hassan Abdelaziz Griffiths, Mark RA Public aspects of medicine RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Like other vulnerable groups, the pandemic has severely and negatively impacted marginalized groups, including migrant laborers, documented and undocumented migrants, internally displaced persons (IDPs), refugees, and asylum seekers. The present study briefly reviewed cases of attempted and completed suicide while also examining their causality among national and international migrant workers, migrants, IDPs, refugees, and asylum seekers during the ongoing pandemic. This study utilized retrospective extraction of suicide-related information from earlier published press reports. With regards to COVID-19- related suicides, this method has had widespread acceptability and has previously been extensively used in countries of South-East Asia for reporting suicides in academic journals. The authors located 26 relatively complete details of migrant worker suicides and suicide attempts from India and Singapore and 46 cases of migrant suicides from Malaysia with partially complete details. Lockdown-related health, job, and financial uncertainties coupled with pandemic-related emotional as well as mental stressors were some of the reported reasons for the alleged suicides and suicide attempts. Considering the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of mental health services becomes increasingly important. Governments should take the lead in safeguarding the financial, physical, and mental well-being of all its citizens with special emphasis on the most vulnerable populations and high-risk groups for the entire period of the pandemic, to avert any unneeded loss of life related to suicides. CDS Press 2022-02-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/96726/7/96726_Migrant%20workers%2C%20migrants%2C%20internally%20displaced%20persons.pdf Syed, Nabeel Kashan and Al-kasim, Mohamed Ahmed and Alqahtani, Saad and Meraya, Abdulkarim M. and Syed, Mamoon H. and Elnaem, Mohamed Hassan Abdelaziz and Griffiths, Mark (2022) Migrant workers, migrants, internally displaced persons, asylum seekers and refugees - The silent sufferers of the COVID-19 pandemic: A brief review of media reports. Journal of Concurrent Disorders. E-ISSN 2562-7546 (In Press) https://concurrentdisorders.ca/download/4344/
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topic RA Public aspects of medicine
RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
spellingShingle RA Public aspects of medicine
RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Syed, Nabeel Kashan
Al-kasim, Mohamed Ahmed
Alqahtani, Saad
Meraya, Abdulkarim M.
Syed, Mamoon H.
Elnaem, Mohamed Hassan Abdelaziz
Griffiths, Mark
Migrant workers, migrants, internally displaced persons, asylum seekers and refugees - The silent sufferers of the COVID-19 pandemic: A brief review of media reports
description Like other vulnerable groups, the pandemic has severely and negatively impacted marginalized groups, including migrant laborers, documented and undocumented migrants, internally displaced persons (IDPs), refugees, and asylum seekers. The present study briefly reviewed cases of attempted and completed suicide while also examining their causality among national and international migrant workers, migrants, IDPs, refugees, and asylum seekers during the ongoing pandemic. This study utilized retrospective extraction of suicide-related information from earlier published press reports. With regards to COVID-19- related suicides, this method has had widespread acceptability and has previously been extensively used in countries of South-East Asia for reporting suicides in academic journals. The authors located 26 relatively complete details of migrant worker suicides and suicide attempts from India and Singapore and 46 cases of migrant suicides from Malaysia with partially complete details. Lockdown-related health, job, and financial uncertainties coupled with pandemic-related emotional as well as mental stressors were some of the reported reasons for the alleged suicides and suicide attempts. Considering the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of mental health services becomes increasingly important. Governments should take the lead in safeguarding the financial, physical, and mental well-being of all its citizens with special emphasis on the most vulnerable populations and high-risk groups for the entire period of the pandemic, to avert any unneeded loss of life related to suicides.
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author Syed, Nabeel Kashan
Al-kasim, Mohamed Ahmed
Alqahtani, Saad
Meraya, Abdulkarim M.
Syed, Mamoon H.
Elnaem, Mohamed Hassan Abdelaziz
Griffiths, Mark
author_facet Syed, Nabeel Kashan
Al-kasim, Mohamed Ahmed
Alqahtani, Saad
Meraya, Abdulkarim M.
Syed, Mamoon H.
Elnaem, Mohamed Hassan Abdelaziz
Griffiths, Mark
author_sort Syed, Nabeel Kashan
title Migrant workers, migrants, internally displaced persons, asylum seekers and refugees - The silent sufferers of the COVID-19 pandemic: A brief review of media reports
title_short Migrant workers, migrants, internally displaced persons, asylum seekers and refugees - The silent sufferers of the COVID-19 pandemic: A brief review of media reports
title_full Migrant workers, migrants, internally displaced persons, asylum seekers and refugees - The silent sufferers of the COVID-19 pandemic: A brief review of media reports
title_fullStr Migrant workers, migrants, internally displaced persons, asylum seekers and refugees - The silent sufferers of the COVID-19 pandemic: A brief review of media reports
title_full_unstemmed Migrant workers, migrants, internally displaced persons, asylum seekers and refugees - The silent sufferers of the COVID-19 pandemic: A brief review of media reports
title_sort migrant workers, migrants, internally displaced persons, asylum seekers and refugees - the silent sufferers of the covid-19 pandemic: a brief review of media reports
publisher CDS Press
publishDate 2022
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/96726/7/96726_Migrant%20workers%2C%20migrants%2C%20internally%20displaced%20persons.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/96726/
https://concurrentdisorders.ca/download/4344/
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