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Received: 16 November 2018

Accepted: 25 January 2019

First Online: 12 March 2019

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: The ethical approval for this study was obtained from the Ethical Committee of the Medical Faculty of University of Heidelberg (S-688/2015). Prior to data collection, we received the informed written consent of asylum seekers to participate in the study. Study participants signed consent forms containing the following information: “Third parties will be refused access to the un-pseudonymized data” and “I have been informed that after the completion of the study, all recorded data will be destroyed”. We informed participants that participation is voluntary and that neither participation nor non-participation has any impact on health care provision or the progress of the asylum application. Participants received a small financial compensation for each interview.

: All study participants provided consent for using direct quotes from their interviews to be published.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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