”Almost half stated that they were concerned about not getting food for the day”, says Lena Andersson, senior lecturer in social work at the Göteborg university, in a press release.

in the study, which was conducted in Gothenburg, Malmö and Stockholm during the years 2014-2016. Most had received final rejection on their asylum application.

”the Result shows that undocumented migrants are a very vulnerable group in which stress-related illness is very high. Many told me that they never had done if it were not for aid from churches and others in civil society,” says Lena Andersson.