THE RELEVANCE OF THE RIGHT TO WORK AND SECURING EMPLOYMENT FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH OF ASYLUM SEEKERS
GHEORGHE H. POPESCUABSTRACT. Over the past decade, there has been increasing evidence describing the right to work of asylum seekers, direct and indirect consequences of post-migration stressors on the socio-economic assimilation of refugees, the obstacles encountered by refugees in accessing employment, and asylum seekers’ condition as aspiring workers. As a result of these earlier research findings, this study sought to determine the keeping out of asylum seekers from work, the significance of social and cultural means to refugees’ socio-economic assimilation, the effects of granting the right to work to asylum seekers, and the impacts of post-migration detention on their mental health. pp. 227–233
JEL codes: H51; H75; I18; P36
Keywords: right; work; asylum seeker; mental health
How to cite: Popescu, Gheorghe H. (2016), “The Relevance of the Right to Work and Securing Employment for the Mental Health of Asylum Seekers,” Psychosociological Issues in Human Resource Management 4(2): 227–233.
Received 18 March 2016 • Received in revised form 8 August 2016
Accepted 9 August 2016 • Available online 21 August 2016
doi:10.22381/PIHRM42201610