Some Canadian and other LGBTQ+ philosophers have circulated posts on various platforms about a document issued by Haven, a group at University of Toronto-Scarborough that works on immigration policy and border issues. The document, entitled “A Guide for LGBTQI+ Asylum Seekers Crossing the Canada-U.S. Border,” is intended to provide guidance to American “LGBTQI+ individuals who are exploring […]
CFP: Political Theory of LGBTQ Asylum and Refugees, University of Leeds, Jun. 2-3, 2020 (deadline: Mar. 1, 2020)
LGBTQ asylum and refugeehood, and the treatment of LGBTQ asylum seekers and refugees, raise several ethical and political theoretical questions that are distinct from the general questions of the ethics and politics of refugees. The current migration flows, immigration and admission policies, as well as modes of integration, are all affected by different notions – […]
Asylum, Credible Fear Tests, and Colonial Violence (Guest Post)
Guest Post by Elena Ruíz and Ezgi Sertler* Let’s start with what asylum is: an international protection mechanism that individuals seeking “refuge” from violence can use to obtain official refugee status in another country. The term we use to refer to forcibly displaced people in general – refugee – is different than the legal refugee […]
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