Subject: Sexual Orientation/Sexuality

Danisi, C., Dustin, M., Ferreira, N. and Held, N., ‘Queering asylum in Europe: Legal and social experiences of seeking international protection on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity‘, Springer, 2021 Description This two-volume open-access book offers a theoretically and empirically-grounded portrayal of the experiences of people claiming international protection in Europe on the basis … Read more

Siebe Jonckheere, ‘Geloofwaardigheid op de proef? Een dramaturgische benadering van seksuele identiteiten in de asielprocedure: Een etnografisch onderzoek met LGBTIQ+ asielzoekers in België’, Master dissertation, KU Leuven, 2021 Abstract In deze studie staan de intersecties van seksualiteit met performativiteit van LGBTIQ+ asielzoekende subjecten centraal, als lens om te onderzoeken hoe ze hun seksuele identiteit en … Read more

B Camminga, ‘”Go fund me”: LGBTI asylum seekers in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya’, in Christine M. Jacobsen and Shahram Khosravi (eds.), Waiting and the Temporalities of Irregular Migration, ch 8, Routledge, 2020, pp. 132-148

Mandivavarira Mudarikwa, Miriam Gleckman-Krut, Amy-Leigh Payne, B Camminga and John Marnell, ‘LGBTI+ Asylum Seekers in South Africa: A Review of Refugee Status Denials Involving Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity’, Legal Resources Centre (LRC) / People Against Suffering, Oppression and Poverty (PASSOP) / Women’s Legal Centre (WLC) / African LGBTQI+ Migration Research Network (ALMN) / African … Read more

Study and Research Centre for Administrative and Political Sciences / Centre d’Études et de Recherches de Sciences Administratives et Politiques, ‘La preuve dans les demandes d’asile en raison de l’orientation sexuelle [Evidence in asylum applications on grounds of sexual orientation]’, April 2020

Moira Dustin and Nuno Ferreira, ‘Improving SOGI Asylum Adjudication: Putting Persecution Ahead of Identity’, Refugee Survey Quarterly, Volume 40, Issue 3, September 2021, Pages 315–347 Abstract This article addresses the concern that decision-making in sexual orientation or gender identity (SOGI) asylum claims in Europe is often unfair, and that one way to remedy this is … Read more

Sophia Zisakou, ‘Credibility Assessment in Asylum Claims Based on Sexual Orientation by the Greek Asylum Service: A Deep-Rooted Culture of Disbelief’, Front. Hum. Dyn., 22 July 2021 Abstract The aim of this article is to describe and analyze the main practices that the Greek Asylum Service applies to assess credibility in asylum claims based on … Read more

EASO, ‘EASO Asylum Report 2021: Annual Report on the Situation of Asylum in the European Union’, European Asylum Support Office, 2021 Abstract As the go-to source of information on international protection in Europe, the EASO Asylum Report series provides a comprehensive overview of key developments in asylum in European Union Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway … Read more

Greece, EL: Administrative Court [Διοικητικό Πρωτοδικείο], ‘Applicant (Iran) vs Asylum Office’, 19/02/2020 EL: Appeals Authority recognises refugee status to Iranian national based on homosexuality and rules on the respect for private and family life of asylum applicants in the assessment of application.

Sarah Khalbuss, ‘Precarious Living, Absent Livelihoods: LGBTQI Refugees in ‘First Asylum Cities’, 2020 OxMo Vol. 9, No. 1, 16-30 Abstract This paper explores the challenges that LGBT refugees face in ‘first asylum cities’–a term I use to denote the cities in countries where LGBT refugees tend to migrate first with the objective of registering for … Read more