THEMATIC REPORT 2017 TORTURE AND MIGRATION IMPACT OF TORTURE IN THE CONTEXT OF MIGRATION The experience of displacement and migration can lead to severely negative and complex mental health problems. Being uprooted from one’s home due to war, conflict, persecution or torture is traumatising, and often compounded by perilous journeys to safety. People often lack basic necessities such as food, water, shelter and access to medical attention. The process of flight is also frequently undertaken in dangerous circumstances, with many of the clients in this report having fled not only from state sponsored violence, but also from non-state actors as they were fleeing across borders. Many clients from the Middle East, have been forced to make dangerous voyages on unseaworthy boats in the Mediterranean Sea. Central American migrants find quarter in southern Mexico by Peter Haden via Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode page 26