In recent years, the number of refugees and asylum seekers has been increasing globally. Many of these individuals have endured traumatic experiences due to events that occurred in their country of origin or on their way to Europe.
Therefor frontline workers (interpreters, educators, social workers, cleaning personnel, cultural mediators, security staff etc.), who provide support for various groups of clients i.e. applicants for international protection (AIPs), beneficiaries of international protection (BIPs), beneficiaries of temporary protection (BoTPs) are confronted with day-to-day challenges as well as past experiences of asylum seekers, which might affect reception workers’ well-being. This is even more true during any emergency, be it public health crisis, such as COVID-19, or increased influx of migrants (i.e. Ukraine war), as the past two years have clearly shown. Reception workers interact with asylum seekers on a daily basis on a multitude of topics and are responsible for their security, physical and mental well-being. They often have to deal with the trauma and frustrations of the AIPs, BIPs and BoTPs as well as being confronted with conflicts, tensions and sometimes personal safety risks. Hence, they are exposed to high risk of personal stress-levels and burnout, moral injury, depression, trauma, and other mental health challenges.
WHERE? Maison des Sciences Humaines, University of Luxembourg, room “Black Box”.
Seeing the very practical nature of the event only in person participation with previous registration is possible.
Work language of the conference: English
For more information, please contact zane.rozenberga@uni.lu