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Asylum Resources
IGLHRC closed its longstanding asylum documentation program in mid-2007. Country-specific documentation and thematic packets produced as part of that program are now available at: www.asylumlaw.org (select “sexual orientation/sexual minorities & HIV status”). For individual assistance with asylum-related questions, please contact one of the organizations listed below.United States of America
In San Francisco:- Dusty Araujo, Asylum Documentation
National Asylum Partnership on Sexual Orientation
Heartland Alliance
- PO Box 558, San Francisco, CA 94104
Tel: (415) 398-2759
Fax: (415) 398-4635
daraujo@heartlandalliance.org
www.immigrantjustice.org - Noemi Calonje, Project Director
National Center for Lesbian Rights NCLR / Asylum Project
- Tel: 415-392-6257
calonje@nclrights.org
http://www.nclrights.org/site/PageServer?pagename=issue_immigration - The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights
Asylum Program
- Tel: 415-543-9444
www.lccr.com/immigration_direct_services_asylum.shtml
In New York: - Victoria Neilson, Legal Director
Immigration Equality
- Tel: 212-714-2904 x 25
legal@immigrationequality.org
www.immigrationequality.org
In Chicago: - Jonathan Eoloff, Staff Attorney
National Asylum Partnership on Sexual Orientation
Midwest Immigrant & Human Rights Center,
- Tel: 312-660-1364
jeoloff@heartlandalliance.org
www.immigrantjustice.org or - Demark Schulze
National Immigrants Justice Center
Tel: 312-660-1326
Canada
- Lesbian and Gay Immigration Task Force
LEGIT-Vancouver (languages spoken: English, Spanish)
- Email: vancouver@legit.ca
For additional Provinces please see:
www.legit.ca/contact.html
United Kingdom
- Jill Power
The Lesbian and Gay Asylum Team
- Tel: +44 20 7654 0686
lesbianandgayasylumteam@googlemail.com - UK Lesbian & Gay Immigration Group
(Formerly: Stonewall Immigration Group)
- Office +44 20 7922 7812
Information/Advice +44 20 7922 7811
Asylum Program manager: sebastian@uklgig.org.uk
info@stonewall.org.uk
www.uklgig.org.uk
Australia
- Gay and Lesbian Immigration Task Force
- Tel: +61 (02) 9380-5950
glitf@dot.net.au
www.glitf.org.au
Europe
This country-by-country map of Europe, developed by ILGA-Europe, contains information on the law and practices relevant to LGBTI asylum seekers in each country. Is also provides an overview of the international and European standards relevant to LGBTI asylum seekers in Europe:
http://www.ilga-europe.org/home/issues/asylum_in_europe/country_by_country
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