Victor Mdluli Chikalogwe, ‘A Double Challenge: LGBTI Refugees and Asylum Seekers in South Africa’, Perspectives: Political Analysis and Commentary, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Issue 2, October 2018, 24-29 Abstract Following the end of apartheid in 1994, South Africa has seen a large influx of refugees and asylum seekers from across the continent. According to the United … Read more
Subject: Refugee/Asylum
Ahmed Hamila, ‘Les persécutions liées à l’orientation sexuelle : un « nouveau » motif pour octroyer le statut de réfugié en Belgique ?’, 2019 Politique et Sociétés, 38, (1), 157–177 Résumé de l’article La Belgique est l’un des premiers pays européens où l’autorité chargée du traitement des demandes d’asile, le Commissariat général aux réfugiés et … Read more
European Council on Refugees and Exiles, Asylum Information Database (2019) National Country Report: Germany, 2018 update
UNHCR, Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status and Guidelines on International Protection Under the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, Reissued, Geneva, February 2019
Moira Dustin and Rosa Jones, ‘SOGICA – Table of UK SOGI asylum case law’, updated April 2019. Please note that some links are to subscriber-only websites.
Dicklitch-Nelson, S., Thompson, S. and Yost, B., ‘Human rights and the Global Barometer of Gay Rights (GBGR): A Multi-Year Analysis’, Conference Paper prepared for the 57th Annual International Studies Association Conference, Atlanta, 2016 Abstract Sexual minorities are some of the most vulnerable minorities on the planet. Their existence challenges cultural norms, traditions and power structures. … 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
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