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Farhan*, a 29-year-old man from Kapisa province, said he could not sleep during the night: 'I’m in bed [in France], but my mind is in Afghanistan' (Photo: © 2022 John Holmes for Human Rights Watch)

Why the EU double standards on mental help for asylum seekers?

"When I try to sleep, war memories come to my mind and my body starts shaking," a 62-year-old man told Human Rights Watch researchers eight years after surviving a suicide bombing in Kabul in 2011. "Everything gets dark and I lose consciousness." His trauma is the trauma of many.

It's unsurprising that the global prevalence of mental health conditions in conflict-affected populations is as <...

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Adriana Masgras is the disability rights coordinator for Human Rights Watch.

Farhan*, a 29-year-old man from Kapisa province, said he could not sleep during the night: 'I’m in bed [in France], but my mind is in Afghanistan' (Photo: © 2022 John Holmes for Human Rights Watch)

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Adriana Masgras is the disability rights coordinator for Human Rights Watch.

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