National LGBT Federation, ‘Far from Home: Life as an LGBT Migrant in Ireland’, 2018
- Category: Reports
- Source: NGOs
- Subject: Sexual Orientation/Sexuality, Gender Identity, Intersex, Refugee/Asylum, Migration, LGBT+
- Place: Europe
- Year: 2018
- URL: https://gcn.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/nxf-migrants-report-screen.pdf
National LGBT Federation, ‘Far from Home: Life as an LGBT Migrant in Ireland’, 2018.
The research conducted by leading academics Dr Chris Noone (NUIG), Dr Brian Keogh (TCD) and Dr Conor Buggy (UCD) sought to examine the specific experiences and needs of LGBT migrants living in Ireland. An online survey conducted through GCN (Gay Community News) resulted in 231 respondents accounting for 48 different countries with Brazil, the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany the most commonly represented.
The report has made a number of recommendations to policy makers including a need to facilitate greater access to mental health services for LGBT migrants; LGBT cultural competency training for all public service employees; an end to the system of Direct Provision and a review of the asylum application process, specifically in the context of how applications relating to sexual orientation and gender are handled.
Furthermore, calls were made for the introduction of effective hate crime legislation.