THEMATIC REPORT 2017
In Mexico, only a small minority of the
clients sought asylum in the country.
According to IRCT member centre CCTI,
this is because most of their clients
are migrant workers or undocumented
migrants on their way to find work or join
family in the United States.
TORTURE AND MIGRATION
Figure 3. Legal Residence Status
Mexico
6%
48%
46%
Undocumented 48%
Migrant Worker 46%
Asylum Seeker 6%
In Uganda, the vast majority of ACTV’s (98
percent) migrant clients are refugees and
asylum seekers, coming from the Central
African Republic, Burundi and Rwanda.
Figure 4. Legal Residence Status
Uganda
Undocumented
1%
IDP
0%
Migrant
Worker
1%
Asylum Seeker
18%
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Refugee
80%
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