Exceptional Encounters - Sexual Orientation, Gender identity and the Belgian Asylum System #990356

This book traces the trajectory of SOGI refugees throughout the Belgian asylum system, from their accommodation to the preparation of their asylum interview and eventual examination of their asylum claim. The book’s broad perspective brings into focus the various actors who are a part of this process, working within, alongside, or against the asylum apparatus. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and in-depth interviews, the findings show how SOGI refugees’ trajectories are impacted by the places and people they encounter along the way, just as these exceptional encounters leave an...