LGBT Asylum, ‘”There isn’t any safe option”‘, 2020
- Category: Other
- Source: NGOs
- Subject: Sexual Orientation/Sexuality, Gender Identity, Refugee/Asylum, LGBT+
- Place: International
- Year: 2020
- File: LGBT-Refugees-in-neighbouring-areas-and-with-UNHCR_LGBT-Asylum
- URL: https://lgbtasylum.dk/website/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/LGBT-Refugees-in-neighbouring-areas-and-with-UNHCR_LGBT-Asylum.pdf
LGBT Asylum, ‘”There isn’t any safe option” – on the conditions for LGBT+ refugees in neighbouring areas of their countries of origin’, March 2020
Abstract
LGBT Asylum continuously receive inquiries from LGBT+ asylum seekers and -refugees around the world, who reside in countries next to – or close to – their country of origin. A part of these inquiries come from persons who are under protection of, or registered with, the UNHCR – including in countries, which criminalize LGBT+ persons. These inquiries seem to show that in many of these contexts, local authorities and humanitarian actors fail to meet the needs and ensure protection of LGBT+ refugees, who constitute a particularly vulnerable group. Hence, they further point to an urgent need for increased attention on ensuring the protection of LGBT+ refugees in neighbouring countries and for increased efforts in ensuring the resettlement of LGBT+ refugees.