International Protection for a Newly Surfacing Refugee Community: Asylum Claims Based on Sexual Orientation

In International Protection for a Newly Surfacing Refugee Community , Kelsey Lundgren notes that many countries, and in particular the United States, have begun granting asylum claims filed on the basis of sexual orientation in the past few decades. Despite the efforts by US and other governments to reinforce protection for LGBT refugees, this community remains only a partially recognized group.

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