THEMATIC REPORT 2017 TORTURE AND MIGRATION due to a lack of awareness of the impact of torture trauma and of the rights of torture victims who have been forced to flee their homes. Governments must begin addressing these problems by ensuring that they meet their obligations to provide holistic rehabilitation to all victims of torture, regardless of their legal status in country. Overall, the data indicates that torture victims who have been displaced or have migrated, experience a multitude of challenges that are likely to compound the physical and psychological trauma caused by the torture. This report suggests that it will be important to collect more data and conduct further research on how these multiple challenges connect and impact the lives of individual torture victims when they migrate or flee persecution. Photo by AnnaKate Auten on Unsplash page 6