Resources on asylum law and its implementation
In this section, we are gathering resources on the topic.
ILGA-Europe policy paper: the recast of the EU legislation on asylum - January 2011
Read about ILGA-Europe's key demands and what ILGA-Europe and its members can do.
Working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender & intersex persons on forced displacement
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 2011
Fleeing Homophobia
By COC Netherlands and VU University Amsterdam, 2011.
Presentations from workshop on Asylum at the ILGA-Europe Annual Conference 2009
Description of the workshop:
The EU legislation on asylum defines minimum standards that explicitly include the possibility of granting protection in case of persecution on the ground of sexual orientation. The studies carried out by LGBT organisations show that the implementation by Member States is far from satisfying. In the coming years a “Common European Asylum System” will be establish. It is time to look at the best possible interpretation of the existing directive, looking for harmonisation in the light of best practices.
Fundamental right of LGBTI asylum seekers to live without hiding: promising news from London!
The University of Greenwich and a group of LGBT organisation working on asylum-related issues have organised, on 5, 6 and 7 July 2010, one of the first international conferences dedicated to the rights of LGBTI asylum seekers.
EU-Regulations and Asylum Issues
Workshop held at the ILGA Europe Annual Conference , Vienna, 30 October - 2 November 2008, by Sabine Jansen, COC Netherlands
European Parliament adopts urgency resolution regarding gay Iranian asylum seeker
Today the European Parliament with 46 votes in favour, 2 votes against and 12 abstentions adopted urgency resolution regarding a case of of Mehdi Kazemi, gay Iranian asylum seeker.
Euro-Parliament takes up the case of Iranian lesbian threatened with expulsion
European Parliament reacts on case of Iranian lesbian being denied asylum in the UK
