This research was carried out as part of the Rights in Action project being conducted by

5 As a result, the emerging themes and recommendations from this research are not limited just to healthcare provision but reflect the expansive nature of the right to health and the interrelated and interdependent nature of the right to health. [...] This was due, in keeping with the other themes, to structural barriers described across other themes such as finances, access to transport, and opportunities to integrate: Freedom to choose where to go and what to do  The freedom to choose where to go and what to do was highlighted as key to participants’ mental health and wellbeing. [...] This was referred to often in relation to the ability to maintain a sense of connection to loved ones, and to be able to do this without restriction. [...] This was seen as detrimental to participants’ ability to maintain and improve their mental health and wellbeing.  Lack of access to the activities of life This theme referred to the impact that being part of the system had on participants’ own sense of identity. [...] This highlights the need for asylum seekers to be welcomed into the country and supported in their own and emerging identity.  “To help any new Scots, you need to understand that the issue of these people, so trauma, shock, I mean, the shock or cultural shock, the barriers of the language and also the barriers of their culture.” Being an asylum seeker or a refugee is a challenging situation: peopl.