Uygun Ersin
Refugee Mental Health Outpatient Clinic, University of Health Sciences, Bakırkӧy Mental Health and Nervous Diseases Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
Psychiatry Investig. 2020 Jan;17(1):55-60. doi: 10.30773/pi.2018.0275. Epub 2020 Jan 25.
In recent years, many Syrian asylum seekers has died while they were crossing over sea to migrate to Europe. We aimed to identify the determinants of choice of Syrian asylum seekers for emigration to Europe; therefore, we selected the sample from refugee mental health clinic in Turkey.
Our sample consists of 100 Syrian who applied to the refugee mental health branch polyclinic. Participants filled out the (e1) sociodemographic form, WHO-5 well-being index, and WHOQL. Then their future plans assessed by the interviewer.
It was seen that people who prefer to emigrate to Europe have higher level education level, lower income status, and had worse physical conditions at home. Also, They live generally in urban area, they do not have close relatives living in Syria, have poor mental well-being and have low quality of life scores. Job duration, absence of close relatives living in Syria, having low WHOOL score and physical conditions of home were found significant in regression analysis.
We found that their economic circumstances significantly predicted their preference, unlike clinical variables. We believe in that, improving their economic conditions and the life quality of Syrian asylum seekers can prevent illegal migration by dangerous routes to Europe and policy makers over the world should consider this situation.
近年来，许多叙利亚寻求庇护者在渡海前往欧洲移民途中死亡。我们旨在确定叙利亚寻求庇护者选择移民欧洲的决定因素；因此，我们从土耳其的难民心理健康诊所选取了样本。
我们的样本包括100名申请难民心理健康科门诊的叙利亚人。参与者填写了（e1）社会人口学表格、世界卫生组织-5幸福指数和世界卫生组织生活质量量表。然后由访谈者评估他们的未来计划。
可以看出，倾向于移民欧洲的人教育水平较高、收入状况较低且国内身体状况较差。此外，他们通常生活在城市地区，在叙利亚没有近亲居住，心理健康状况不佳且生活质量得分较低。在回归分析中发现工作时长、在叙利亚没有近亲居住、世界卫生组织生活质量量表得分较低以及国内身体状况具有显著性。
我们发现，与临床变量不同，他们的经济状况显著预测了他们的偏好。我们认为，改善叙利亚寻求庇护者的经济状况和生活质量可以防止通过危险路线非法移民到欧洲，全世界的政策制定者都应考虑这种情况。
