Women For Refugee Women said its report into the fate of more than 70 respondents living in seven UK cities also found that the vast majority claiming to have been raped had been refused asylum.
Of those refused asylum, two-thirds were left destitute - with no support or housing - and more than half had thought about killing themselves.
Conducted in London, Manchester, Bradford, Cardiff, Stoke-on-Trent, Newport and Glasgow, the research found that most of the women in the sample had experienced serious human rights abuses, including rape, imprisonment, violence from soldiers or police, forced marriage and forced prostitution.
In total, 48% of those questioned had experienced rape as part... read more