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LGBTI Asylum Seekers and Refugees from a Legal and Political Perspective: Persecution, Asylum and Integration KU Leuven
This book addresses the ‘three moments’ in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) asylum seekers’ and refugees’ efforts to secure protection: The reasons for their flight, the Refugee Status Determination process, and their integration into the host community once they are recognized refugee status. The first part discusses one of the most under-researched areas within the literature devoted to asylum claims based on sexual ...
The impact of ECtHR and CJEU judgments on the Rights of asylum seekers in the European Union : adversaries or allies in asylum? Universiteit Gent
The protection of women asylum seekers under the European convention on Human Rights : unearthing the gendered roots of harm Universiteit Gent
In this article I analyse women asylum seekers' claims of gendered ill-treatment under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. I argue that the European Court of Human Rights moves away from creating equal conditions of protection for women asylum seekers every time it adopts two modes of reasoning: under scrutinizing the gendered roots of risk of ill-treatment and over scrutinizing individual capacity to deal with the risk. The ...
A video vignette study on the bias in asylum seekers getting admission to psychiatric health care in Flanders Universiteit Gent
The potential role of network-oriented interventions for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence among asylum seekers in Belgium Universiteit Gent
Communication Practices in Asylum Seekers Reception Centres: from Information Precarity to Voluntary Return Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This article focuses on the complex communication constructed be- tween the Belgian Federal Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (Fedasil) and asylum seekers: what do they say to asylum seekers? Why and how? Beyond the message, it is the relation of communication (Wolton, 2018) between reception authorities and asylum seekers that is explored through the analysis of communica- tion during the reception phase. As a consequence of the ...
Managing narratives, managing identities : language and credibility in legal consultations with asylum seekers Universiteit Gent
This study examines interactional management practices and narrative co-construction in lawyer-asylum seeker consultations in Flanders, Belgium. Drawing upon linguistic-ethnographic fieldwork, it presents a case study of a consultation between an Afghan applicant for international protection, his adviser, and his lawyer. The purpose of the consultation is to prepare the applicant for testifying at the upcoming asylum hearing. Data analysis ...
Unlocking asylum seekers' voices Universiteit Antwerpen
BACKGROUND Despite a high prevalence of mental disorders among asylum seekers, many barriers to mental healthcare exist. Cultural and contextual factors strongly influence the experience and expression of psychological distress, putting asylum seekers at greater risk of misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatment. The Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) is a useful tool to map out cultural and contextual factors of mental disorders; however, to ...