Queer necropolitics of forced migration: Cyclical violence in the African context

Bhagat, Ali

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“…Studies used varying gender terms, with eight studies adopting umbrella terms such as ‘queer’ [ 48 , 49 , 50 ], ‘diverse SOGIESC’ [ 51 , 52 ], or a form of ‘LGBTQ’ [ 47 , 53 , 54 ]. Others provided a breakdown of numbers of participants within gender categories according to either self-identification or categories provided by the authors.…”

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“…Research examining migration pathways for forced migrants in general has demonstrated vulnerabilities to abuse, and risk of physical and sexual abuse along transit routes [ 72 , 73 , 74 ]. Literature has also described victimisation experiences among SOGIE individuals before they migrate, particularly in countries with especially discriminatory gender norms, such as Uganda with severe homophobic and transphobic attitudes [ 2 , 33 , 49 , 50 , 55 , 60 , 61 , 75 , 76 ]. The findings related to this theme underscore the process and pervasiveness of discriminatory behaviors.…”

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LGBTQI + Migrants: A Systematic Review and Conceptual Framework of Health, Safety and Wellbeing during Migration

Yarwood

Checchi

Lau

et al. 2022

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The health and safety of LGBTQI+ migrants or migrants who are of diverse sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (SOGIE) remains an under-studied area, particularly for the period during transit from their place of origin to destination. This systematic review aims to describe the literature on the health risks and consequences among SOGIE migrants during transit and examine their access and use of services. Six peer-reviewed databases and websites of nine large migration organisations were searched to identify the literature on forced migrants and sexual and gender minorities. Twenty English-language studies from 2000–2021 were included and analysed drawing on a conceptual framework. Studies emerged from six regions and the majority of research participants identified as gay men. In general, quality appraisal demonstrated studies as either medium or high quality. Findings suggested five common themes associated with SOGIE health and well-being, including: daily exposure to discrimination, harassment and violence; coping, social support and resilience; access to services; mental health; and physical and sexual health. Depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were prevalent amongst SOGIE migrants, particularly when associated with detention or camp environments, and were exacerbated by social isolation. Barriers to accessing healthcare were identified and specific sexual health services were often found lacking, especially for trans persons. Unsurprisingly, during transit, SOGIE migrants are very likely to experience the double marginalisation of their migrant or minority status and their gender identity. Results indicate that services for SOGIE migrants need to tailor service access and support approaches to respond to the particular health and protection needs of SOGIE individuals in each setting.

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LGBTQI + Migrants: A Systematic Review and Conceptual Framework of Health, Safety and Wellbeing during Migration

Yarwood

Checchi

Lau

et al. 2022

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“…This framing of queer necropolitics of forced migration presupposes that host states are engaged in politics of homonationalism. This is not the monopoly of states of the Global North, as Ali H. Bhagat's showed through his work on queer necropolitics of forced migration in South Africa: because of its progressive constitution, the country attracts gay Africans who are then subjected to state-sponsored racist and heterosexist (urban) politics (Bhagat, 2018(Bhagat, , 2020; see also Camminga, 2019). But most countries to which gay migrants are displaced are actually less ambiguous about their rejection of gay migrants.…”

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Queer necropolitics of asylum: Senegalese refugees facing HIV in Mauritania

Broqua¹,

Laborde‐Balen

Menetrier

et al. 2020

Global Public Health

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Since 2008, homosexuality has been the subject of recurrent public controversies in Senegal, sometimes accompanied by police arrests and popular violence. In this context, a migration route has opened up to Mauritania, where some are granted refugee status by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Among them, a few are selected for 'resettlement' in a host country in North America or Europe. Many of these Senegalese gay men residing in Mauritania are infected with HIV. In recent years, some of them have returned to Senegal in a very deteriorated condition, leading in several cases to death; others have died in exile in Nouakchott.This article reports on the living conditions and access to health care of Senegalese gay men who went to Mauritania hoping for resettlement to the Global North by the UNHCR. It is based on semi-directed interviews with Senegalese gay asylum seekers as well as members of NGOs, health structures and institutions (including the UNHCR) in Nouakchott and Dakar. It shows that, despite the UNHCR's demonstrated commitment to refugee protection, the asylum (and specifically resettlement) system exposes those who rely on it to increased, sometimes fatal, health risks.

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“…Embora as causas para os deslocamentos de "LGBTI" sejam múltiplas, é muito frequente que tenham relação com a violência de Estado ou com aquela perpetrada por familiares. Dessa forma, as redes de parentesco que convencionalmente atuam em projetos migratórios deixam de operar quando os familiares são os principais agressores (Andrade, 2019;Bhagat, 2020).…”

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Gênero, sexualidades e deslocamentos: notas etnográficas sobre imigrantes e "refugiados LGBTI" no Norte do Brasil

França

Fontgaland²

2020

REMHU, Rev. Interdiscip. Mobil. Hum.

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Resumo Neste trabalho, partimos da emergência da categoria de “refugiados LGBTI” nos anos 2000 e de como ela tem operado no Brasil, para em seguida apresentar uma visão de conjunto em torno da literatura sobre o tema. Num segundo momento, tensionamos essa literatura mobilizando notas etnográficas de pesquisas realizadas num abrigo voltado para refugiados reconhecidos como “LGBTI” em Manaus e na Operação Acolhida em Boa Vista e em Pacaraima, na região Norte do Brasil. Além de oferecer uma contribuição desde a perspectiva antropológica para um tema relativamente novo no entrecruzamento entre refúgio, gênero e sexualidade, o artigo visa também contribuir para as pesquisas sobre as recentes migrações venezuelanas.

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Queer necropolitics of forced migration: Cyclical violence in the African context

Cited by 12 publications

References 30 publications

LGBTQI + Migrants: A Systematic Review and Conceptual Framework of Health, Safety and Wellbeing during Migration

LGBTQI + Migrants: A Systematic Review and Conceptual Framework of Health, Safety and Wellbeing during Migration

Queer necropolitics of asylum: Senegalese refugees facing HIV in Mauritania

Gênero, sexualidades e deslocamentos: notas etnográficas sobre imigrantes e "refugiados LGBTI" no Norte do Brasil

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