No One to Bear Witness: Country Information and LGBTQ Asylum Seekers

No One to Bear Witness: Country Information and LGBTQ Asylum Seekers

This article examines the use of country information in determining claims for refugee status based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Limitations to country information remove diverse individual experiences from the “historical record” and obstruct marginalized individuals’ ability to prove...

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Main Author: Douglas McDonald-Norman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: York University Libraries 2017-11-01
Series:Refuge
Online Access:https://refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refuge/article/view/40438
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spelling doaj-65c60cf9bba345eeb161084261d4d9dc2020-11-25T03:50:47ZengYork University LibrariesRefuge 0229-51131920-73362017-11-0133210.7202/1043066arNo One to Bear Witness: Country Information and LGBTQ Asylum SeekersDouglas McDonald-Norman This article examines the use of country information in determining claims for refugee status based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Limitations to country information remove diverse individual experiences from the “historical record” and obstruct marginalized individuals’ ability to prove their claims for protection. Discrimination and marginalization may be echoed and perpetuated within country information itself, which privileges certain voices over others. MD (same-sex-oriented males: risk) India CG [2014], the United Kingdom’s current “country guidance” decision on claims for protection by same-sex oriented men from India, is examined in light of these themes. https://refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refuge/article/view/40438
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description This article examines the use of country information in determining claims for refugee status based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Limitations to country information remove diverse individual experiences from the “historical record” and obstruct marginalized individuals’ ability to prove their claims for protection. Discrimination and marginalization may be echoed and perpetuated within country information itself, which privileges certain voices over others. MD (same-sex-oriented males: risk) India CG [2014], the United Kingdom’s current “country guidance” decision on claims for protection by same-sex oriented men from India, is examined in light of these themes.
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