Re-Thinking Protection for LGBTI Refugees in Kampala, Uganda: A Relational, Trust-Based Approach

IF 1.4 Q3 DEMOGRAPHY

Refugee Survey Quarterly Pub Date : 2021-09-28 DOI:10.1093/rsq/hdab010

David Sinclair, Giulia Sinatti

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Abstract

This article problematises protection for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) refugees in contexts of state-condoned persecution against this group. Based on ethnographic evidence from Kampala, Uganda, we draw attention to the homogenising tendencies of centralised protection systems in cities in the global south, which are primarily centred on nationality-based communities. We examine the processes of social exclusion that limit the involvement of LGBTI refugees from the Great Lakes Region in such communities, de facto placing them outside the parameters of institutional refugee protection. We then focus on their relational experiences of protection and safety within the office of an LGBTI support group in Kampala and argue for a micro-level approach that considers how LGBTI refugee protection is grounded in the geopolitics of the everyday. Our findings underscore the limitations of institutional policy and practice, which continues to overlook the protection gap that exists for LGBTI persons within the refugee population in Uganda. In order to remedy this protection gap, we suggest that a critical reconsideration is needed of the participatory spaces and cooperation between LGBTI refugee-led advocates and refugee serving institutions and decision-makers.

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重新思考乌干达坎帕拉对LGBTI难民的保护：一种基于信任的关系方法

这篇文章提出了在国家对同性恋、双性恋、变性人和双性人(LGBTI)群体迫害的背景下对他们的保护问题。根据来自乌干达坎帕拉的人种学证据，我们提请注意全球南方城市集中保护系统的同质化趋势，这些系统主要集中在以民族为基础的社区。我们研究了社会排斥的过程，这些过程限制了来自大湖地区的LGBTI难民参与这些社区，事实上将他们置于难民机构保护的参数之外。然后，我们聚焦于他们在坎帕拉LGBTI支持团体办公室内的保护和安全关系经验，并主张微观层面的方法，考虑如何将LGBTI难民保护建立在日常地缘政治基础上。我们的研究结果强调了制度政策和实践的局限性，这些政策和实践继续忽视了乌干达难民人口中存在的对LGBTI人群的保护差距。为了弥补这一保护缺口，我们建议需要重新考虑由LGBTI难民领导的倡导者与难民服务机构和决策者之间的参与空间和合作。

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Refugee Survey Quarterly Social Sciences-Political Science and International Relations

CiteScore

2.40

自引率

8.30%

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期刊介绍： The Refugee Survey Quarterly is published four times a year and serves as an authoritative source on current refugee and international protection issues. Each issue contains a selection of articles and documents on a specific theme, as well as book reviews on refugee-related literature. With this distinctive thematic approach, the journal crosses in each issue the entire range of refugee research on a particular key challenge to forced migration. The journal seeks to act as a link between scholars and practitioners by highlighting the evolving nature of refugee protection as reflected in the practice of UNHCR and other major actors in the field.