Subject: Refugee/Asylum

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

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

Fatma E. Marouf, ‘The emerging importance of “social visibility” in defining a “particular social group” and its potential impact on asylum claims related to sexual orientation and gender’, 2008 Yale Law and Policy Review, 27: 47-106

ORAM – Organization for Refuge, Asylum & Migration, Opening doors: a global survey of NGO attitudes towards LGBTI refugees and asylum seekers, San Francisco: ORAM, 2012 Abstract Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) asylum seekers and refugees are among the most vulnerable people in the world. Having fled persecution in their home countries without … Read more

Gemma Lousley and Sarah Cope, ‘We are still here. The continued detention of women seeking asylum in Yarl’s Wood’, 2017, Women for Refugee Women