Tschalaer and Held, ‘Queer Asylum in Germany’, 2019
- Category: Reports
- Source: Academic
- Subject: Sexual Orientation/Sexuality, Gender Identity, Intersex, Refugee/Asylum, Migration, Gender, Religion, Ethnicity/Race, Human Rights, LGBT+
- Place: Germany
- Year: 2019
- File: PolicyBristol-PolicyBriefing-Oct2019-germany-queer-asylum
- URL: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/policybristol/policy-briefings/queer-asylum-germany/
Mengia Tschalaer and Nina Held, ‘Policy Briefing: Queer Asylum in Germany: Better visibility and access to legal and social support needed for LGBTQI+ people seeking asylum in Germany’, University of Bristol October 2019 (also German version available)
Abstract
Human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity are grounds for seeking asylum in Europe. However, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and intersex (LGBTQI+) people claiming asylum face particular legal and social challenges when they go through the asylum process. Within Germany’s asylum system, LGBTQI+ people seeking asylum belong to the least visible and most vulnerable group.