Refugee and Immigrant Health Care
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چکیده
Refugee/asylee: A person who, because of a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion, is forced to flee the country of his or her nationality and is unwilling or unable to seek the protection of his or her government. Refugee status is determined by Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) before entering the US for refugees and after entering the US for asylees. "Immigrant" is a more general term, with the refugee sub-cohort more susceptible in particular to psychiatric disease.
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