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Evangelia (Lilian) Tsourdi, ‘Guidelines on the transposition of the Asylum Qualification Directive: protecting LGBTI asylum seekers’, ILGA Europe, 2012 Abstract In 2004, the European Union adopted a Directive setting out rules governing minimum standards on conditions under which refugee status is granted as part of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS).1 It applies to third … Read more