Aino Gröndahl, ‘Rejection motivations in SOGIESC asylum cases in Sweden: A Case Law Analysis of the Migration Agency’s, the Migration Courts’ and the Migration Court of Appeal’s Assessments of Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Gender Expression Asylum Claims’, RFSL, 2024 Abstract This report presents critical findings regarding the credibility assessments that Swedish migration authorities require … Read more
Place: Europe
Shirin Heidari, Ryan Whitacre, Jinan Usta, Meric Caglar, Thanasis Tyrovolas, Aesha Rajan, Monica A Onyango, ‘Liminality and transactional sex among queer refugees: Insights from Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, and Switzerland’, Journal of Refugee Studies, 2024 Abstract People of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities, and expressions who have been forcibly displaced (hereafter referred to as ‘queer refugees’) … Read more
Molly Fee, ‘Lives stalled: the costs of waiting for refugee resettlement’, 2022 Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 48:11, 2659-2677 Abstract During their migration, refugees often pass through transit countries, especially before resettlement elsewhere. These stays in cities or camps may last several months or years as refugees await the next step of their journey. … Read more
Maria Guadalupe Begazo, ‘The Membership of a Particular Social Group Ground in LGBTI Asylum Cases Under EU Law and European Case-Law: Just Another Example of Social Group or an Independent Ground?’, in A. Güler et al. (eds.), LGBTI Asylum Seekers and Refugees from a Legal and Political Perspective, Springer, 2018 Abstract The 1951 Refugee Geneva … Read more
Nina Held, ‘”As queer refugees, we are out of category, we do not belong to one, or the other”: LGBTIQ+ refugees’ experiences in “ambivalent” queer spaces’, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2022 Abstract While over the last twenty years, geographers of sexuality have explored the racialization of queer spaces, the experiences of LGBTIQ+ refugees in those … Read more
Christian Berger and Thiemo Raoul Bischof, ‘Sexualität und Wahrheit im Asylverfahren’, politix 43, 29-38, 2018
Petra Sussner, ‘Totes Recht? – Der asylrechtliche Familiennachzug für gleichgeschlechtliche Partner_innen’, Juridikum – Zeitschrift für Kritik – Recht – Gesellschaft, 4/2011, 435-444
Amanda Lack, ‘(Il)legal Violence at the Border: A Comparative Analysis of LGBTQ+ Asylum Claims in the United States and Europe’, Washington University Journal of Law & Policy, Volume 67, Issue 1, 409-442 Abstract An estimated 175 million LGBTQ+ individuals worldwide live under persecutory environments. As highly controversial conversations regarding issues of sexuality are taking place … Read more
Judith Ruderstaller, ‘Comparison of decisions in asylum procedures in relation with LGBTI persons’, EDAL Workshop: Sexual orientation, gender identity and human dignity, 2014
Danisi, C., Dustin, M., Ferreira, N. and Held, N., ‘Queering asylum in Europe: Legal and social experiences of seeking international protection on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity‘, Springer, 2021 Description This two-volume open-access book offers a theoretically and empirically-grounded portrayal of the experiences of people claiming international protection in Europe on the basis … Read more