Asylum seekers and healthcare
Correspondence:
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- Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. Temporary protection visas. Fact Sheet No. 63. Canberra, DIMA 2000. Available at: http://www.immi.gov.au/facts/64protection.htm (accessed November 2001).
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- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Refugees by numbers. 2000 edition. Geneva, UNHCR 2001. Available at: http://www.unhcr.ch/un&ref/numbers/numb2000.pdf (accessed November 2001 - no longer available).
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- Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. Humanitarian Program http://www.immi.gov.au/statistics/publications/popflows/c2_4.pdf (accessed November 2001).
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- Harris MF, Telfer B. The health needs of asylum seekers living in the community. Med J Aust 2001; 175: 589-592.
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- 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.
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- Steel Z, Silove DM. The mental health implications of detaining asylum seekers. Med J Aust 2001; 175: 596-599.
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- Silove D, Steel Z, Watters C. Policies of deterrence and the mental health of asylum seekers. JAMA 2000; 284: 604-610.
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- Burnett A, Peel M. Health needs of asylum seekers and refugees. BMJ 2001; 322: 544-547.
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- Refugee Review Tribunal. Frequently asked questions. Available at: http://www.rrt.gov.au/faq.html (accessed November 2001).
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- Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. Those who've come across the seas: detention of unauthorised arrivals. Canberra: HREOC, 1998. Available at: http://www.hreoc.gov.au/pdf/human_rights/asylum_seekers/h5_2_2.pdf (accessed November 2001).
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- Australian Red Cross. Asylum Seeker Assistance Scheme. http://www. redcross.org.au/whatWeDo/asas.html (accessed November 2001).
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