ADVOCATE.COMLGBT Refugees Made Progress in 2011Posted on
Advocate.com January 01, 2012 10:50:00 AM ET
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2012/01/01/LGBT_Refugees_Made_Progress_in_2011/By Diane Anderson-MinshallMuch attention this year was focused on LGBT immigration and asylum in 2011, according to Paul Canning, a LGBT activist who serves as editor of LGBT Asylum News. In a year-end wrap up, Canning reported on some news highlights that affected LGBT refugees, including:
Wider recognition of African LGBT refuges. One academic study estimated that 6,000 LGBT Africans flee to Europe each year, and thousands have ended up safely in South Africa.
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2011 round-up: Part six: Asylum and refugeesBy Paul Canning | Saturday, 31 December 2011
http://madikazemi.blogspot.com/2011/12/2011-round-up-part-six-asylum-and.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SaveMehdiKazemi+%28LGBT+asylum+news%29
Image by gianlucacostantini via FlickrIn May a Spanish academic estimated that 6000 LGBT Africans flee to Europe each year.
In the UK, authorities bureaucratically codified the landmark Supreme Court decision of 2010 ending the concept that refused asylum seekers could (and should) 'go home and be discreet' or relocate to avoid repression. They also began to record sexuality-based asylum claims.
This 'discretion' argument, widely employed to refuse asylum, was rejected by a US Ninth Circuit court in March but used in cases elsewhere.
