Subject: LGBT+

European Asylum Support Office (EASO), ‘Annual report on the situation of asylum in the European Union 2017’, European Asylum Support Office, Luxembourg, 2018

Jansen, Sabine, ‘Pride or shame?: Assessing LGBTI Asylum applications in the Netherlands following the XYZ and ABC judgements’, COC Netherlands, 2019 Abstract The Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND) uses fixed criteria to assess whether people who flee to the Netherlands for fear of persecution because of their sexual identity are LGBTI. The most important criterion, according … Read more

Laurynas Biekša, ‘The Refugee Qualification Problems in LGBT Asylum Cases’, Jurisprudencija / Jurisprudence 2011, 18(4), p. 1555–1565

Alice Edwards, ‘X, Y and Z: The “A, B, C” of Claims based on Sexual Orientation and/or Gender Identity?’, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), International Commission of Jurists: Expert Roundtable on asylum claims based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression, Brussels, 27 June 2014

Philip L. Dayle, Natalie A. DeJarlais, Neil Grungras, Mary A. Hutton, H. Jessica Kim, Rachel S. Levitan, Kevin C. Lo, Deidre A. Plant, Okan Sengün, and Ariel A. Travis, ‘Rights & Protection of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Intersex Refugees & Asylum Seekers Under the Yogyakarta Principles’, ORAM–Organization for Refuge, Asylum & Migration, San Francisco, … Read more

David Bolt (Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration), ‘An inspection of the Home Office’s management of asylum accommodation provision – February – June 2018’, Presented to Parliament pursuant to Section 50(2) of the UK Borders Act 2007, November 2018

Rachel Lewis, ‘Deportable Subjects: Lesbians and Political Asylum’, Feminist Formations, vol. 25 no. 2, 2013, pp. 174-194 Abstract This article explores how deportation as a state of emergency structures the queer migration narratives of lesbian refugees and asylum-seekers. The first part of the article discusses the ways in which the political asylum system produces queer, … Read more

Human Rights First, Persistent Needs and Gaps: the Protection of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) Refugees: An Overview of UNHCR’s Response to LGBTI Refugees and Recommendations to Enhance Protection, September 09, 2010 Summary In all regions of the world people continue to flee their homes on account of their sexual orientation or gender … Read more

Human Rights First, The Road to Safety: Strengthening Protection for LGBTI Refugees in Uganda and Kenya, 2012 Summary Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) refugees are often among the most vulnerable and isolated of refugees. This is especially true in places where they are at heightened risk due to violent attacks, discrimination, and laws … Read more

Nicole LaViolette, ‘Sexual Orientation and the Refugee Determination Process: Questioning a Claimant About Their Membership in the Particular Social Group’, in S. Levy (ed.), Asylum Based on Sexual Orientation; A Resource Guide, San Francisco: IGLHRC, 1996 Abstract For many years now, gay men and lesbians have been granted asylum in Canada on the ground that … Read more