Güler, Shevtsova and Venturi (Eds.), ‘LGBTI Asylum Seekers and Refugees from a Legal and Political Perspective’, 2019
- Category: Literature
- Source: Academic
- Subject: Sexual Orientation/Sexuality, Gender Identity, Intersex, Refugee/Asylum, Ethnicity/Race, Human Rights, LGBT+
- Place: International
- Year: 2019
- File: ProductFlyer_9783319919041
- URL: https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319919041
Arzu Güler, Maryna Shevtsova and Denise Venturi (Eds.), LGBTI Asylum Seekers and Refugees from a Legal and Political Perspective: Persecution, Asylum and Integration, Springer, 2019
Abstract
This book addresses the ‘three moments’ in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) asylum seekers’ and refugees’ efforts to secure protection: The reasons for their flight, the Refugee Status Determination process, and their integration into the host community once they are recognized refugee status.The first part discusses one of the most under-researched areas within the literature devoted to asylum claims based on sexual orientation and gender identity, namely the reasons behind LGBTI persons’ flight. It investigates the motives that drive LGBTI persons to leave their countries of origin and seek sanctuary elsewhere, the actors of persecution, and the status quo of LGBTI rights. Accordingly, an intersectional approach is employed so as to offer a comprehensive picture of how a host of factors beyond sexual orientation/gender identity impact this crucial first stage of LGBTI asylum seekers’ journey.In turn, the second part explores the challenges that LGBTI asylum seekers face during the RSD process in countries of asylum. It first examines these countries’ interpretations and applications of the process in relation to the relevant UNHCR guidelines and questions the challenges including the dominance of Western conceptions and narratives of sexual identity in the asylum procedure, heterogeneous treatment concerning the definition of a particular social group, and the difficulties related to assessing one’s sexual orientation within the asylum procedure. It subsequently addresses the reasons for and potential solutions to these challenges.The last part of the book focuses on the integration of LGBTI refugees into the countries of asylum. It first seeks to identify and describe the protection gaps that LGBTI refugees are currently experiencing, before turning to the reasons and potential remedies for them.
Table of contents (18 chapters)
Introduction
Güler, Arzu (et al.)
Pages 1-8
Implementing Hostility and Acceptance: LGBTQ Persecution, Rights, and Mobility in the Context of Western Moral Entrepreneurship
Fox, Katherine
Pages 11-29
A Qualitative Exploration of the Child Abuse Experiences of Sexual and Gender Minority Refugees and Asylees in the United States and Canada
Alessi, Edward J. (et al.)
Pages 31-47
Fleeing Gender: Reasons for Displacement in Pakistan’s Transgender Community
Munir, Laine P.
Pages 49-69
To Stay or to Go? Decision-Making of LGBTQI Syrians in Mixed Migration Flows
Odlum, Alex
Pages 71-93
‘I’ve got to go somewhere’: Queer Displacement in Northern Central America and Southern Mexico
Winton, Ailsa
Pages 95-113
Refugee Status Determination Process for LGBTI Asylum Seekers: (In)Consistencies of States’ Implementations with UNHCR’s Authoritative Guidance
Güler, Arzu
Pages 117-139
LGBTI Asylum Applications in Ireland: Status Determination and Barriers to Protection
Brazil, Patricia (et al.)
Pages 141-163
The Membership of a Particular Social Group Ground in LGBTI Asylum Cases Under EU Law and European Case-Law: Just Another Example of Social Group or an Independent Ground?
Begazo, Maria Guadalupe
Pages 165-184
Legal Requirements to Prove Asylum Claims Based on Sexual Orientation: A Comparison Between the CJEU and ECtHR Case Law
Mrazova, Andrea
Pages 185-207
Gay and Lesbian Asylum Seekers in the United States: The Interplay of Sexual Orientation Identity Development, Reverse-Covering, and Mental Health
Berasi, Kateri
Pages 209-225
“Wherever We Would Go, We Would Be Together” The Challenges for Queer Refugee Couples Claiming Joint Asylum in Canada
Fobear, Katherine
Pages 227-249
Seeking Protection as a Transgender Refugee Woman: From Honduras and El Salvador to Mexico
Romero, María Paula Castañeda (et al.)
Pages 251-272
Refugee Resettlement: A Protection Tool for LGBTI Refugees
Fisher, Betsy L.
Pages 275-297
Enhancing UNHCR Protection for LGBTI Asylum-Seekers and Refugees in Morocco: Reflection and Strategies
Hersh, Nicholas
Pages 299-321
“The Atmosphere Is Oppressive”: Investigating the Intersection of Violence with the Cisgender Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer Women Refugee Community in Nairobi, Kenya
Moore, Hester K. V.
Pages 323-336
Integration Challenges Faced by Transgender Refugees in Italy
Bassetti, Emma
Pages 337-348
Conclusion
Güler, Arzu (et al.)
Pages 349-354