Primary care for asylum seekers and refugees

Abstract

Clinicians often find consultations with asylum seekers and refugees challenging, with significant and multifactorial barriers to good care. Patients often have to overcome such barriers even before arriving in the consulting room, ranging from difficulty accessing healthcare to differing health beliefs. As a result, the role of the GP in providing holistic care is essential when looking after this vulnerable group of patients. This article focuses on asylum seekers and refugees but other migrants may face similar challenges.