The entity’s president, Sheila de Carvalho, explains what changes, in practice, here in the country. “Recognizing LGBTQIA+ from countries that criminalize their affective practices as a group subject to attention, we place them at the center of priority. And it facilitates the analysis, which, today, will no longer require interviews: a refugee request process that lasts two to three years, will have a faster response time for this question”.
According to the Conare representative, around 60 people from other countries currently live in Brazil who qualify for the changes and who can be recognized as refugees.
The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) estimates that there are currently 69 countries in the world that criminalize same-sex relationships. A 2019 survey by the International Gay and Lesbian Association shows that 11 countries in the world apply the death penalty for homosexuality: Mauritania, Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Qatar .
Twenty-six countries have sentences ranging from ten years to life in prison; and 30 can be sentenced to up to eight years in prison.
Also according to UNHCR, 40 countries in the world recognize asylum requests due to persecution motivated by sexual orientation and gender identity. For Brazil alone, more than 360 asylum requests were made to the Ministry of Justice between 2010 and 2016, and 130 were granted. Around 90% of these requests came from the African continent, mainly from Nigeria.
Source: Maxima
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