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22 November 2024, 2.30pm-4.30pm (CET)

Online via zoom

Although there is a greater awareness of LGBTQI+ people’s international protection needs, few are accessing legal pathways programmes to Europe because of the lack of tailored procedures to efficiently reaching out LGBTQI+ refugees. However, legal pathways are particularly necessary for people at risk because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, who, because of these grounds for persecution, are less able to leave their country safely and are more likely to be exposed to violence on migration routes.

Synergies migrations launched the project “Enhancing legal pathways to protect LGBTQI+ refugees in Europe” to contribute to more inclusive refugee policy and practices that fully address the protection needs of LGBTQI+ people. Synergies migrations published a first report in April 2024 providing an overview of legal pathways for LGBTQI+ refugees in France, Germany and Italy. This report highlights some promising practices initiated by civil society organizations but also confirms the need to set up more cooperation between refugee-assisting NGOs and LGBTQI+ rights NGOs.

This webinar aims at discussing the main findings and recommendations from this report among practitioners, policy makers and supporters of refugees and LGBTQI+ rights. The webinar will also be an opportunity to launch a reflection on how to better include queer refugees in community sponsorship/humanitarian corridors programmes and will explore the support available to LGBTQI+ refugees in Central and Eastern Europe.

With:

  • Matthieu Tardis, Synergies migrations: Legal pathways for LGBTQI+ refugees in France, Germany and Italy: main findings and recommendations
  • Fiona Kendall and Giulia Gori, Federation of Protestant Churches in Italy (FCEI): Lessons learned from the welcoming of a first group of LGBTQI+ refugees within the Italian humanitarian corridors
  • Araz Basmajian and Matteo Pastorelli, Lebanese Center for Human Rights: Reaching out queer refugees in countries of first asylum
  • Camille Ogoti, Organization for Refuge, Asylum and Migration (ORAM): Overview of services available to LGBTQI+ asylum seekers and refugees in Central and Eastern Europe

Moderated by Gabriela Agatiello (ICMC Europe/the SHARE network) and Hélène Soupios-David (Synergies migrations)

 

For more information, please contact Matthieu Tardis (matthieutardis@synergies-migrations.org)

 

This workshop is organized in partnership with the Share Network

 

With the support of the Heinrich Böll Foundation Paris, France – Italy

Registration here

Notre action

Développer et pérenniser les voies légales
pour les réfugiés en France

Le Haut-Commissariat des Nations unies pour les réfugiés (HCR) estime que deux millions de réfugiés dans le monde ont besoin d’être réinstallés d’un premier pays d’asile vers un nouveau pays d’asile où ils peuvent bénéficier d’un parcours vers l’intégration. Depuis 2008 puis, dans un cadre européen, depuis 2015, la France contribue à cet effort de solidarité internationale.

Arrivée à l’aéroport de personnes accueillies dans le cadre des couloirs humanitaires en France © FEP

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