Dawson, ‘Australia’s approach to LGBTIQ Asylum Seekers and Refugees’, 2016
- Category: Other
- Source: Other
- Subject: Sexual Orientation/Sexuality, Refugee/Asylum, Human Rights, LGBT+
- Place: Oceania
- Year: 2016
- File: Jasmine Dawson — Asylum Insight
- URL: http://www.asyluminsight.com/jasmine-dawson/#.W24dqNhKh-W
Jasmine Dawson, ‘Australia’s approach to LGBTIQ Asylum Seekers and Refugees’, Asylum Insight, November 2016
Abstract
The treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ) asylum seekers and refugees who seek asylum in Australia is often discriminatory and persecutory. With 75 countries still criminalising same-sex acts, people fleeing persecution because they are LGBTIQ come from all corners of the globe. They attempt to arrive to Australia by perilous journey at sea, or regularly arrive on tourist, student, or working visas. LGBTIQ refugees seek safety in Australia, yet our policies and practices represent a hypocritical attitude toward LGBTIQ rights.