Asylum seekers and healthcare

Sultan, Aamer; O'Sullivan, Kevin; Graves, Debra

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04295.x

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To the Editor: The article by Sultan and O'Sullivan on detention of asylum seekers in Australia in the 3/17 December issue of the Journal1 contains several errors of fact and distortions that I believe you have an obligation to address. While I am not addressing medical issues, this nevertheless goes to the issue of credibility.

1 Villawood Detention Centre, Villawood, NSW 2163.
2 19 Albion Avenue, Paddington, NSW.

Correspondence:

1. Sultan A, O'Sullivan K. Psychological disturbances in asylum seekers held in long term detention: a participant–observer account. Med J Aust 2001; 175: 593-596. <eMJA full text>
2. Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, Human Rights Sub-Committee. A report on visits to immigration detention centres. Canberra: Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, 2001: 53.
3. Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. Those who've come across the seas: The report of the Commission's Inquiry into the detention of unauthorized arrivals. Canberra: HREOC, 1998: 182, 52.
4. Steel Z, Silove DM. The mental health implications of detaining asylum seekers. Med J Aust 2001; 175: 596-599. <eMJA full text>
5. Sultan A, O'Sullivan K. Psychological disturbances in asylum seekers held in long term detention: a participant–observer account. Med J Aust 2001; 175: 593-596. <eMJA full text>
6. Walker V, Saunders M. Snub ACM jobs, psychiatrists told. The Australian. 2001; 10 December: 4.
7. Sultan A, O'Sullivan K. Psychological disturbances in asylum seekers held in long-term detention: a participant–observer account. Med J Aust 2001; 175: 593-596. <eMJA full text>
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