Human Rights Watch, ‘Spain: LGBT Asylum Seekers Abused in North African Enclave. Transfer Sexual Minorities from Ceuta to Mainland’, 2017.
Subject: Sexual Orientation/Sexuality
Deniz Akin, ‘Queer asylum seekers: translating sexuality in Norway’, in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2017, 3, 458-474 Abstract This paper focuses on the burden of proof that queer asylum seekers encounter in Norway and how they tackle it. It is argued that queer asylum seekers translate their sexuality, sometimes strategically, to become readable … Read more
The case is related to an asylum seeker from Gambia, who was denied the refugee status for lack of credibility about the circumstances leading to persecution. The eligibility authority (the Territorial Commission), according to which there were no doubts about his sexual orientation, gave weight to the fact that in Gambia criminal sanctions for committing homosexual acts … Read more
Il caso e’ relativo a un richiedente asilo del Gambia al quale era stato negato lo status di rifugiato per motivi legati alla credibilita’ del suo racconto personale. La Commissione territoriale aveva dato, peraltro, peso anche al fatto che in Gambia le sanzioni penali contro persone omossessuali non sarebbero effettivamente applicate. La Corte di appello … Read more
The case is related to an asylum seeker from Tunisia who, despite the denial of the refugee status, was granted a humanitarian protection due to his sexual orientation and religion in accordance with the principle of non-refoulement.
Il caso riguarda un cittadino tunisino, ritenuto pericoloso per l’ordine pubblico, che non poteva essere comunque espulso dall’Italia in quanto omosessuale e cristiano. Pertanto, considerato il pericolo di refoulement, aveva diritto al permesso di soggiorno per motivi umanitari.
The case is related to an asylum seeker from Ghana who was denied the refugee status because in his country no persecution could be found in relation to sexual minorities. The Court of Appeal quashed the decision of the Tribunal of first instance, stating that it is known that in Ghana a fear of persecution for … Read more
Il caso riguarda un richiedente asilo del Ghana che aveva visto negata la sua domanda di protezione internazionale sulla base dell’inesistenza, nel suo Paese, di forme di persecuzione legate al suo orientamento sessuale. Riconoscendo, invece, la diffusione di forme di discriminazione, nonche’ di una legislazione penale tuttora in vigore che criminalizza gli atti omosessuali, la Corte di Appello … Read more
European Commission of Human Rights, Application No. 32999/96, Shahram Sobhani v Sweden, 10 July 1998
Paul Johnson, ‘M.E. v Sweden – European Court of Human Rights endorses expulsion of a gay man to a country that criminalises homosexuality’, ECHR Sexual Orientation Blog, 28 June 2014