Nicole LaViolette, ‘Sexual Orientation and the Refugee Determination Process: Questioning a Claimant About Their Membership in the Particular Social Group’, University of Ottawa, 2004 Abstract For many years now, gay men and lesbians have been granted asylum in Canada on the ground that they face persecution as sexual minorities. In 1993, the Supreme Court of … Read more
Subject: Migration
Ben Vermeulen and Aleidus Woltjer, ‘Wat te geloven? Over discretie, zel nterpretatie en vervolging wegens godsdienst en seksuele gerichtheid’, Nijmegen Migration Law Working Papers Series (8), 2014 Abstract Since several years, the Court of Justice of the European Union – next to the European Court of Human Rights – acts as European asylum judge. Over the … Read more
Isadora Lins França, ‘“LGBTI Refugees”: Rights and Narratives Interlinking Gender, Sexuality and Violence’, Dossier Conservantism, Rights, Moralities and Violence, Cadernos Pagu (50), 2017 Abstract Since 2002 international agencies have recognized refugee status on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. This article looks at the articulation between sexual rights and refugee rights and the emergence of … Read more
Sharalyn Renee Jordan, ‘Un/settling: a critical ethnographic inquiry into settlement by refugees making claims based on sexual orientation or gender identity persecution’, University of British Columbia, 2010 Abstract Propelled by fear of violence and flight from stigma, impelled by desire for connection and belonging, the movements of people whose sexualities or genders defy and offend … Read more
Damla Çalik and Hayriye Kara, ‘Waiting To Be “Safe And Sound” Turkey as LGBTI Refugees’ Way Station’, Kaos Gay and Lesbian Cultural Research and Solidarity Association, 2016 Abstract This report aims at shedding light on discrimination that LGBTI refugees face, on their way in Turkey to a third country until they obtain a refugee status, regarding … Read more
Swetha Sridharan, ‘The Difficulties of U.S. Asylum Claims Based on Sexual Orientation’, Migration Policy Institute, 2008 Abstract Since 1998, the United States has processed an average of 46,000 asylum applications each year, according to estimates from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Winning asylum in this country, however, is not an easy task. On … Read more
Fernanda Estevão Pollini, ‘The Difficult Path towards the Recognition of Refugee Status based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: Analysing Brazil and the United Kingdom’, ICL Journal, 2014 Abstract In some countries, LGBT people suffer oppression. They are at risk of suffering death penalty. Thus, the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951) is … Read more
Nienke Doornbos, ‘Op verhaal komen Op verhaal komen: Institutionele communicatie in de asielprocedure’, Wolf Legal Publishers, 2006 Abstract ‘Alle werkelijkheid is fictie en alle fictie is werkelijkheid.’ Tot deze conclusie kwam een van mijn respondenten na een jarenlange omzwerving in zowel de Nederlandse als de Zweedse asielprocedure. Nadat zijn asielaanvraag de eerste keer in Nederland … Read more
Sabine Jansen and Thomas Spijkerboer, ‘Say it loud – en vlug een beetje: Homoseksuele en transgender asielzoekers, laat uit de kast komen en geloofwaardigheid’, Asiel & Migrantenrecht (9) pp. 456- 463, 2012 Abstract Sabine Jansen en Thomas Spijkerboer bespreken in een tweeluik de belangrijkste knelpunten in het Nederlandse asielbeleid voor lesbische, homoseksuele, biseksuele en transgender … Read more
Adena L. Wayne, ‘Unique Identities and Vulnerabilities: The Case for Transgender Identity as a Basis for Asylum’, 102 Cornell Law Review 241 (2016) Abstract On September 3, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit suspended the deportation of a transgender Mexican woman because the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA or Board) had … Read more