Decolonising Psychotherapy: Forced Migrants Deserve Better

Assuming that forced migrants (refugees and asylum seekers) are now safe in the West is a harmful myth. While it may be relatively safer than the conditions they fled, forced migrants continue to face significant threats. Racism, xenophobia, and anti-migrant sentiments are pervasive, as highlighted by the racist and Islamophobic riots across the UK in the summer of 2024, culminating in the tragic arson attack on a hotel housing migrants. These acts are not isolated incidents but part of a wider systemic issue of racism, Islamophobia, and the war on migration in the UK—and the West more broadly.

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