The British and South African approaches to asylum based on sexual orientation and gender identity
Abstract Since the 1980’s it has been possible to claim asylum on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in some countries. Most studies on this topic focus on countries in the Global North. Therefore, there is still a lack of research that comparatively analyses the Global North with t...
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Centro Scalabriniano de Estudos Migratórios
2020-09-01
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| description | Abstract Since the 1980’s it has been possible to claim asylum on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in some countries. Most studies on this topic focus on countries in the Global North. Therefore, there is still a lack of research that comparatively analyses the Global North with the Global South. The aim of this article is then to analyse and compare the approaches of two countries that grant refugee status on the basis of sexuality and gender identity, one in the Global North (the United Kingdom) and one in the Global South (South Africa). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e18042a49fd744f6998ef9deb0b152322022-12-22T04:16:14ZengCentro Scalabriniano de Estudos MigratóriosREMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana2237-98432020-09-012859799410.1590/1980-85852503880005906The British and South African approaches to asylum based on sexual orientation and gender identityVítor Lopes Andradehttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2750-0876Abstract Since the 1980’s it has been possible to claim asylum on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in some countries. Most studies on this topic focus on countries in the Global North. Therefore, there is still a lack of research that comparatively analyses the Global North with the Global South. The aim of this article is then to analyse and compare the approaches of two countries that grant refugee status on the basis of sexuality and gender identity, one in the Global North (the United Kingdom) and one in the Global South (South Africa).http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-85852020000200079&tlng=enasylumUnited KingdomSouth Africasexual orientationgender identity |
| spellingShingle | Vítor Lopes Andrade The British and South African approaches to asylum based on sexual orientation and gender identity REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana asylum United Kingdom South Africa sexual orientation gender identity |
| title | The British and South African approaches to asylum based on sexual orientation and gender identity |
| title_full | The British and South African approaches to asylum based on sexual orientation and gender identity |
| title_fullStr | The British and South African approaches to asylum based on sexual orientation and gender identity |
| title_full_unstemmed | The British and South African approaches to asylum based on sexual orientation and gender identity |
| title_short | The British and South African approaches to asylum based on sexual orientation and gender identity |
| title_sort | british and south african approaches to asylum based on sexual orientation and gender identity |
| topic | asylum United Kingdom South Africa sexual orientation gender identity |
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