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   bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) wrote:   
      
   Migrants around the world who identify as lesbian, gay,   
   bisexual, transgender, queer or intersex (LGBTQI+) can face   
   "challenging" conditions inside the detention centers they come   
   across while migrating, according to a new study published this   
   month by the Williams Institute at the University of California   
   Los Angeles' School of Law.   
      
   The migration process overall brings risks to the LGBTQI+   
   community, many of whom are "particularly vulnerable to   
   discrimination, persecution, and violence" while traveling from   
   one country to another, the study said, adding that the   
   detention centers can pose serious difficulty.   
      
   The study's findings come amid a record surge in the numbers of   
   refugees and asylum-seekers reported around the world. According   
   to the United Nations Refugee Agency, the displacement of more   
   than 100 million people worldwide in the first half of 2022   
   contributed to a refugee total of 26.6 million people, which the   
   agency noted is "the highest ever seen."   
      
   The agency has also recently reported a global total of about   
   4.4 million asylum-seekers, just shy of the 4.63 million   
   reported by the end of 2021.   
      
   While data on total numbers of refugees and asylum-seekers   
   exists, information regarding the numbers of those who identify   
   as part of the LGBTQI+ community does not. The Williams   
   Institute called for the collection of this data in its report   
   and said, "we cannot fully know how and to what extent policies   
   are in place that protect and promote the human rights of all   
   refugees and asylum seekers" without it.   
      
   Instead of breaking down data points, the institute assessed   
   existing reports on LGBTQI+ migrants around the world, which it   
   noted included more than 130 studies from the year 2000 onward   
   based on relevant experiences and observations.   
      
   Researchers found that members of the LGBTQI+ community who   
   migrate are "disproportionately subject to violence" in their   
   home countries, with transgender migrants especially vulnerable.   
      
   Once LGBTQI+ people begin migrating, they can face additional   
   difficulties including "daily exposure to harassment, violence   
   and discrimination." Not all countries recognize persecution   
   based on sexual orientation or gender identity as a reason to   
   grant asylum, another difficulty many migrants face.   
      
   Migrants who arrive in a new country that serves as either a   
   final destination or the next point along their journey often   
   have to visit detention centers, the study noted. The conditions   
   within those centers "can be particularly difficult for LGBTQI+   
   migrants," the study said.   
      
   Ari Shaw, the report's lead author who is a senior fellow and   
   director of international programs at the Williams Institute,   
   reiterated the "particularly difficult challenges" LGBTQI+   
   migrants face in detention centers in a statement shared with   
   Newsweek.   
      
   "Many are kept in county or private jails, and data show that   
   LGBTQI+ people are at greater risk of sexual and physical   
   assault in these environments," Shaw said. "Transgender migrants   
   are especially at risk: In many cases, they may be denied access   
   to life-saving hormone treatment and other gender-affirming   
   care, and are placed in facilities according to their sex   
   assigned at birth rather than their gender identity."   
      
   The institute's report outlined some recommendations for   
   collecting data moving forward on LGBTQI+ migrants, which   
   included additions to demographic data gathered during refugee   
   and asylum application and registration processes.   
      
   "Because data on sexual orientation and gender identity of   
   migrants in ICE custody is not collected, there is a lot we   
   don't know about the scope of challenges that LGBTQI+ refugees   
   and asylum seekers truly face," Shaw said.   
      
   https://www.newsweek.com/detention-center-conditions-often-   
   challenging-lgbtqi-migrants-study-1722775   
      
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