Practical fact sheets for SOGI applicants for international protection

12 September 2025 | SOGI, Special procedural needs, Vulnerabilities

Some people fear persecution in their country of origin because of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity (SOGI). They can apply for asylum for this reason. These individuals are referred to as “SOGI applicants”. From the beginning of the...

WAWY – We Are With You

30 August 2024 | SOGI

Sharing and Learning Network LGBTQIA+ people in asylum procedure, on the run or on the move (2023-2026) WAWY stands for “We Are With You.” Within the WAWY-project, several actors who support people on the run come together to coordinate the inflow and the...

Gender-related procedures for International Protection: Practice guide and Bibliography

18 September 2023 | SOGI, Women

This practice guide was written by Lore Roels and Liselot Casteleyn, both researchers at Ghent University. The guide focuses on the importance and implications of a ‘gender sensitive’ procedure for international protection applications. This approach explains the...

Congolese women victims of sexual violence (DRC)

6 December 2022 | Congo, SOGI, Women

Here, NANSEN analyses two individual situations which have in common that they concern Congolese women, victims of sexual violence constituting torture in their country of origin. In both cases, psychological reports were filed, attesting to the applicants’...

COI Quality Standards in the case of Jordan LGBTIQ+ people

3 March 2022 | Jordan, SOGI, Use of COI

This NANSEN profile discusses the quality standards for Country of Origin Information (COI) used by the CGRS to consider as unfounded the fear of being persecuted of a gay man from Jordan because of his sexual orientation. This profile brings together the in-depth...