LGBT rights and refugees

A case for prioritizing LGBT status in refugee admissions

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ID12866763
AuthorsAnnamari Vitikainen (0000-0002-4610-4644, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume13
Issue1
Pages64-78
Publication date2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthics & Global Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1654-6369 • E-ISSN: 1654-4951
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/16544951.2020.1735015
OpenAlexW3013060150
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited20

This article discusses the case of refugees who are LGBT, and the possible grounds for using LGBT status as a basis for prioritizing LGBT persons in refugee admissions. I argue that those states most willing and able to protect LGBT persons against a variety of (also) non-asylum-grounding injustices have strong moral reasons to admit and prioritize refugees with LGBT status over non-LGBT refugees in refugee admissions. These states – typically, Western liberal democracies – are uniquely positioned to provide effective protection for refugees who are LGBT, owing to the failures of other, also refugee receiving, states to do so. The case for prioritizing refugees with LGBT status is built upon two interrelated factors. First, on the specific vulnerability of LGBT persons to a variety of (also) non-asylum-grounding injustices, and second, on the relatively low number of countries that are both willing and able to protect LGBT persons against such injustices

Computer security · Criminology · Human rights · Political science · Refugee · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics · Vulnerability (computing · Gender Studies · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Political Philosophy and Ethics

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