His story came to the attention of Kirk Johnson, a young former U.S.A.I.D. officer, who wrote an op-ed about it in the Los Angeles Times and began to campaign for the resettlement of Iraqis in situations similar to Yaghdan's.
Past lives and current social situations, including resettlement, asylum-seeking processes, hostility, racism and social isolation were also predictors of health and well being.
Variations in migration patterns and conflict situations, national resettlement quotas determined annually in consultation with UNHCR requirements, the presence of existing communities, and many other considerations, result in different refugee groups being accepted for resettlement at different times in different countries.
The diversion resettlement is taking place over just two years.
It is possible that comparing a combined heterogeneous group of individuals with refugee backgrounds to a combined heterogeneous group from a resettlement country leads to a compromised situation where results are not generalizable to any group of individuals.
With the prevailing peace in northern Uganda and the return of majority of the IDPs to their original homelands or resettlement in new locations, the humanitarian situation in these parts of the country has improved.
The U.S. Department of State has made it a priority to strengthen the nation's diplomatic, development and resettlement response to six protracted refugee situations.
Findings presented here add important evidence to this existing gap in knowledge, and stand to aid policy development and service provision during post-conflict resettlement both in Sri Lanka and other global IDP situations, as well as strengthening the need for a broader public mental health approach to internal displacement.
"The situation continues to be highly volatile for resettlement – unfortunately the [executive order] itself hasn't been fully and permanently rescinded yet," the CWS spokeswoman said.
Importantly, unaccompanied refugee children may continue to experience traumatizing situations or other stressful life experiences after resettlement [ 4].
