European Migration Network (EMN), ‘LGBTI asylum applicants from the Russian Federation’, 2015
- Category: Reports
- Source: National Authorities
- Subject: Sexual Orientation/Sexuality, Gender Identity, Intersex, Refugee/Asylum
- Place: International, Europe, Other
- Year: 2015
- File: fi-compilation-on-asylum-applicants-from-the-russian-federation
- URL: https://www.udi.no/en/statistics-and-analysis/european-migration-network---norway/ad-hoc-queries/the-costs-of-the-issue-and-the-execution-of-the-decision-on-return-20151/
European Migration Network (EMN), ‘LGBTI asylum applicants from the Russian Federation (2015): Query from Finland on the practice of other member countries with regards to asylum applicants who claim being persecuted on the grounds of their sexual orientation’, 2015
Abstract
The number of Russian asylum seekers belonging to LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersexed) minorities has grown in Finland. Therefore, the Finnish Immigration Service (FIS) would like to find out the situation in other (Member) States. Moreover, the FIS would like to know, how asylum applications filed by asylum seekers belonging to Russian LGBTI minorities are resolved in other (Member) States. Another typical ground for asylum applications filed by Russian nationals in Finland is political activism and problems caused by it.