LGBT refugee protection in the UK: from discretion to belief?
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Amanda Gray; Alexandra McDowall
- Source
- Forced Migration Review, Iss 42, Pp 22-25 (2013)
- Subject
- forced migration
refugee
sexual orientation
gender identity
UK
policy
Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
HN1-995
- Language
- Arabic
English
Spanish; Castilian
French
- ISSN
- 1460-9819
The UK government used to have no specific guidance or trainingfor decision-makers for claims brought on the grounds of sexualorientation. It was only in 2010 following a combination of judicial,civil society and political pressures that specific policy guidance wasspeedily issued and significant progress was seen.