Canada offers refugee protection to sexual minorities facing persecution abroad. While success rates for sexual minority refugee claims have generally been higher than the overall average at Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board, hundreds of such claims are nonetheless turned down each year. The most common reason for denying these claims is that assertions about the claimants’ sexual orientations are determined not to be credible. Scholars have raised concerns about how such credibility determinations are made. This article contributes to the critical literature in this area by exploring sexual minority refugee claim credibility assessments through an experimental study involving simulated refugee determinations. The experiment focuses on...
Who is the ‘queer refugee’? How do we manage their feelings, emotions and experiences when assessing...
Asylum seekers making claims relating to their sexual orientation and gender identity often face unf...
Who is the ‘queer refugee’? How do we manage their feelings, emotions and experiences when assessing...
This article suggests that there are reasons to be concerned about the way relationship history impa...
This article critically appraises Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board decision-making that impose...
This article critically appraises Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board decision-making that impose...
Canada’s current definition of a refugee includes those facing persecution on account of sexual orie...
Canada’s current definition of a refugee includes those facing persecution on account of sexual orie...
Refugee determinations often turn on a single question: Is the refugee claimant telling the truth? W...
This paper explores the experiences of transgender refugee claimants in Canada’s refugee status dete...
A common issue of applications of international protection is the lack of physical evidence to subst...
Who is the ‘queer refugee’? How do we manage their feelings, emotions and experiences when assessing...
Who is the ‘queer refugee’? How do we manage their feelings, emotions and experiences when assessing...
Canada’s refugee determination system was revised in 2012. One key feature of the new process is a q...
Who is the ‘queer refugee’? How do we manage their feelings, emotions and experiences when assessing...
Who is the ‘queer refugee’? How do we manage their feelings, emotions and experiences when assessing...
Asylum seekers making claims relating to their sexual orientation and gender identity often face unf...
Who is the ‘queer refugee’? How do we manage their feelings, emotions and experiences when assessing...
This article suggests that there are reasons to be concerned about the way relationship history impa...
This article critically appraises Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board decision-making that impose...
This article critically appraises Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board decision-making that impose...
Canada’s current definition of a refugee includes those facing persecution on account of sexual orie...
Canada’s current definition of a refugee includes those facing persecution on account of sexual orie...
Refugee determinations often turn on a single question: Is the refugee claimant telling the truth? W...
This paper explores the experiences of transgender refugee claimants in Canada’s refugee status dete...
A common issue of applications of international protection is the lack of physical evidence to subst...
Who is the ‘queer refugee’? How do we manage their feelings, emotions and experiences when assessing...
Who is the ‘queer refugee’? How do we manage their feelings, emotions and experiences when assessing...
Canada’s refugee determination system was revised in 2012. One key feature of the new process is a q...
Who is the ‘queer refugee’? How do we manage their feelings, emotions and experiences when assessing...
Who is the ‘queer refugee’? How do we manage their feelings, emotions and experiences when assessing...
Asylum seekers making claims relating to their sexual orientation and gender identity often face unf...
Who is the ‘queer refugee’? How do we manage their feelings, emotions and experiences when assessing...