For more than two decades, the US has recognised persecution due to sexual orientation as grounds for refugee status. Despite this, the number of self-identified lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) refugees entering the US remains much smaller than predicted…
Increasingly, states detain irregular migrants as a means, they believe, to control migration flows and deter further irregular migration. Despite this trend, detention has not deterred migrants from crossing borders. Furthermore, conditions in immigrant detention facilities have been widely criticised…
In 2011, the first official multi-plaintiff complaint was lodged with the US Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) on behalf of 17 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or intersex (LGBTI) asylum seekers and other migrants…
Sexual minority refugees and asylum seekers interviewed in Israel and Kenya had fled countries such as Armenia, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Morocco, Somalia, Sri Lanka and Sudan where the LGBTI discourse is almost non-existent: “There is no…
More than 50,000 registered refugees live in Nairobi.[1] Assistance agencies face multiple difficulties in trying to reach the most vulnerable individuals within such a large population, and refugees with particular needs can struggle to access the assistance they need. Lesbian,…
Although there is a need for more research in this area, there is evidence to suggest that LGBTI persons may be discriminated against during disasters in various ways: being perceived as lower priority for rescue efforts; families with same-sex partners…
The deployment manager’s perspective It was 5pm on a Friday night and I was dropping off my new colleague, Markus[1], at the guesthouse after a briefing for his forthcoming deployment to the field. He would be on a plane early…
The availability and limitations of funding can heavily influence response to forced migration. Because issues of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) are relatively new to many state and NGO actors in this field, and because current economic pressures are…
تشهد المواقف تجاه المثليات والمثليين ومزدوجي الميل الجنسي ومغيري الجندر (إل جي بي تي) وقضاياهم تحسُّناً مستمراً في الولايات المتحدة. فقد تقلصت العوائق أمام المساواة في المعاملة وتكافؤ الفرص، كما ازدادت مكاسب الاعتراف بأن حقوق الـ (إل جي بي تي)…
تتمحور اتفاقية اللاجئين لعام 1951 حول كرامة الإنسان وثراء الحياة البشرية وتنوعها والتعبير الكامل للحريات الفردية. ويتمثل الغرض الرئيسي للاتفاقية في حماية الأشخاص الذين يتمكنون من الفرار من المآزق التي تمس كرامتهم وشخصيتهم وحرياتهم. ومع أنَّه لا يوجد في هذه…