Developing safe and legal pathways for LGBTQI+ refugees

Safe and legal pathways are mechanisms for people in need of international protection, who are generally already refugees in a first country of asylum, to be transferred safely, legally and in an organised manner to a country where they can find protection and build a new life. These processes 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.

This study aims to provide an overview of legal routes for sexual and gender minorities in France, Germany and Italy. It aims to identify to what extent they are included in existing programmes, intentionally or otherwise, under what conditions, and whether there are more specific ad hoc practices for these refugees.