LGBT rights and refugees: a case for prioritizing LGBT status in refugee admissions

Vitikainen, Annamari

doi:10.1080/16544951.2020.1735015

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“…Recent years have seen increased attention being paid to the specific ethical questions relating to LGBTIQ+ persons in the refugee regime (see e.g. Spijkerpoer 2013; Danisi et al 2021;Ritholtz & Buxton 2021Vitikainen 2020Vitikainen , 2022. Since the precedent set by the Netherlands in 1981, there has been a slow but steady movement towards accepting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI)based claims for asylum in many countries.…”

Section: Political Theory Of Lgbtiq+ Refugeehoodmentioning

confidence: 99%

LGBTIQ+ prioritization in refugee admissions – The case of Norway

Vitikainen

2023

Etikk Praksis - Nord J Appl Ethics

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This article discusses some of the normative bases for the recent (2020) Norwegian policy prioritizing LGBTIQ+ refugees in refugee admissions. It argues that, when properly interpreted, this policy is compatible with the UNHCR vulnerability selection criteria but is not independently supported by it. Combined with some of the broader moral principles guiding refugee admissions – including both state-based and refugee-based reasons in refugee resettlement – the article provides qualified support for the Norwegian policy of LGBTIQ+ refugee prioritization. Drawing from some of the specifics of LGBTIQ+ refugee resettlement and integration, the article nevertheless points to certain limitations of such a policy in so far as refugees’ own agency is concerned. The article emphasizes the need to listen to refugees’ own voices in the selection and resettlement processes, including cases where the default position of LGBTIQ+ prioritization may be overridden by LGBTIQ+ persons’ own interests in being resettled elsewhere. Keywords: LGBTIQ+, Norwegian refugee policy, priority setting, refugee selection, LGBTIQ+ integration

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Section: Political Theory Of Lgbtiq+ Refugeehoodmentioning

confidence: 99%

LGBTIQ+ prioritization in refugee admissions – The case of Norway

Vitikainen

2023

Etikk Praksis - Nord J Appl Ethics

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“…Annamari Vitikainen (2020) offers a normative argument in favor of liberal-democratic states prioritizing LGBTQ refugees for resettlement on the grounds that they are best able to protect against further injustice. According to Vitikainen, such a claim to priority only occurs in situations of extreme scarcity where the state must choose between claimants and when they are equal in every aspect of their claim to asylum (2020, 76) 5 . This paper appears to be the only published piece related to LGBTQ refugees in the political theory and ethics literature.…”

Section: The Political Theory Of Refugementioning

confidence: 99%

Sanctuary after Asylum: Addressing a Gap in the Political Theory of Refuge

Ritholtz

Buxton

2022

Am Polit Sci Rev

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This research note argues that political theorists of refuge ought to consider the experiences of refugees after they have received asylum in the Global North. Currently, much of the literature concerning the duties of states toward refugees implicitly adopts a blanket approach, rather than considering how varied identities may affect the remedies available to displaced people. Given the prevalence of racism, xenophobia, and homophobia in the Global North, and the growing norm of dissident persecution in foreign territory, protection is not guaranteed after either territorial or legal admission. This research note considers the case of LGBTQ refugees in order to demonstrate the analytical potential of more inclusive and diverse normative approaches. Taking the origin and extension of harm seriously requires a conceptualization of sanctuary after asylum that accurately reflects the experiences of the displaced. In doing so, questions arise regarding the nature and efficacy of territorial asylum.

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“…This may be contextual to both liberal countries, among the more conservative/traditional arms of the major religions, and in those countries where they continue to play a dominant role in informing law, culture, politics, and everyday life [10]. Further, LGBTQ people of all ages continue to experience religious persecution and resistance to LGBTQ rights, some of which amounts to abuse, in both liberal and illiberal countries [11][12][13][14][15][16]. As Super & Jacobson observe, …religious abuse may occur when a religious group or leader, whether intentionally or unintentionally, uses coercion, threats, rejection, condemnation, or manipulation to force the individual into submission of the religious views about sexuality [17].…”

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Older LGBTQ People and Religious Abuse: Implications for the UK Regulation of Care Provision in Later Life

Westwood,

Hafford-Letchfield,

James

2024

OBM Geriatr

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Research suggests health, social care, and social work professionals who are highly religious, and adhere closely to traditional doctrine, are more likely to take a negative view of LGBTQ people. This includes those who provide services to older people. Negative attitudes towards lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and/or queer (LGBTQ) people can translate into poor care and even abuse. This commentary discusses recent literature on older LGBTQ people’s experiences of religious abuse. It highlights the concerns among many older LGBTQ people about care from religious based providers where religion becomes a factor leading to abuse, associated with microaggressions, psychological abuse, harassment, discriminatory abuse, neglect, and poor care. Even though only a minority of religious care providers may hold negative attitudes towards LGBTQ people, and even fewer may allow this to inform poor/abusive practice, this is nonetheless an area of concern and merits further investigation. All care providers, including those with strongly held religious beliefs, should deliver equally good, affirmative, non-abusive care to older LGBTQ people, and to LGBTQ people of all ages.<strong>Key words</strong>LGBTQ; religious care providers; abuse; adult protection; equality and human rights; law

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LGBT rights and refugees: a case for prioritizing LGBT status in refugee admissions

Cited by 10 publications

References 15 publications

LGBTIQ+ prioritization in refugee admissions – The case of Norway

LGBTIQ+ prioritization in refugee admissions – The case of Norway

Sanctuary after Asylum: Addressing a Gap in the Political Theory of Refuge

Older LGBTQ People and Religious Abuse: Implications for the UK Regulation of Care Provision in Later Life

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