Are you interested in Politics, Psychology and everything in between? Then this episode is especially interesting for you! We discuss the general struggles of refugees, how those can lead to mental health problems and how the German welfare state deals with them. To better understand the processes we follow Mary in navigating the German system as a refugee. Our lovely guests in this episode are Dorothea and Vincent, two Social workers who help us understand how policies play out in practice!  So come along on a journey through the German mental health and psychosocial support policy for refugees and reflect with me how Covid-19 can help us to better understands the current situation!  Here are the links to the papers and academic articles mentioned in this episode:  Guide on the psychiatric health care system in Germany for refugees by the association of relatives of mentally ill : https://www.bapk.de/fileadmin/user_files/bapk/projekte/bapk_ratgeber_02_gesundheitssystem_ENGL_v2_FERTIG.pdf Child refugees forcing innovation in Germany: https://academic.oup.com/jrs/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jrs/fez036/5489344 Notes on refugee trauma by the federal chamber of psychotherapists: https://www.bptk.de/psychologie-kriegstraumatisierter-menschen/ Policy transfer: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-9248.1996.tb00334.x On the role of the free welfare organisations: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-531-92091-7_12 Critical essay on German asylum laws and mental health: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael_Knipper/publication/283077721_Asylum_Law_and_Mental_Health_An_Interdisciplinary_Analysis_of_the_Coaction_of_Medical_and_Legal_Aspects Initial German refugee policy response: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-34131-2_10 German ministry of health on refugee health policy: https://www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de/themen/internationale-gesundheitspolitik/migration-und-integration/fluechtlinge-und-gesundheit/medizinische-versorgung-von-fluechtlingen.html#c8034 Reflections on the EU Dublin system: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=5732736 The german welfare state: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/spol.12212?casa_token=UGWkJ99kdB8AAAAA%3AbRX2LLZ8XFUzATuNAUbgQM4NiUw7v84aK6L5zU6KMSxPRaFYMFAElNSIDQv9MtLjCtFApJAz0Y3gvBOUoA Mental health implications of detention: https://ugeskriftet.dk/files/scientific_article_files/2018-12/a4728.pdf