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Table 3 Physical traumas related to violence, mental health care clinics, Serbia, July 2015-June 2016 (n = 223)

From: A crisis of protection and safe passage: violence experienced by migrants/refugees travelling along the Western Balkan corridor to Northern Europe

 

n(%)

Experienced physical trauma due to violence

223

Sex

 Male

198(89)

 Female

25(11)

Age in years

 5–17

29(13)

 18–44

181(81)

  ≥ 45

13(6)

Nationality (country of citizenship)

 Afghanistan

76(34)

 Syria

54(24)

 Morocco

27(12)

 Pakistan

16(7)

 Iraq

15(7)

 Other

35(16)

Mechanism of injury

 Beating

121(54)

 Robbery

44(20)

 Beating + Robbery

37(17)

 Incarceration

7(3)

 Othera

14(6)

Country of where the injury took place

 Macedonia

31(14)

 Bulgaria

31(14)

 Hungary

19(9)

 Serbia

11(5)

 Otherb

6(3)

 Unknown

125(56)

Perpetrator

 State/Police

144(65)

 Community

50(22)

 Mafia

26(12)

 Otherc

3(1)

  1. aThreatened by a gun or knife, tear gas, rape/forced sex, torture, shot with gun, kidnapped
  2. bAfghanistan, Greece, Iran, Libya, Montenegro, Syria, Turkey
  3. cFellow travelers, family members, smugglers