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R279 522 raised for LGBTI refugees in ZA with The Funding Network

On 13 October, PASSOP partnered with GiveOut and The Funding Network to crowd source fundraise for LGBT refugees across the globe. The event also supported our partner organisations in the United Kingdom, including Rainbow Migration and Consortium!

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Research on the effect of COVID-19 on our community

The report is published by Georgetown University and co-authored by our executive director!

Read report here.

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New research on surviving as an LGBTI+ migrant in South Africa

Dr. Alessi and colleagues share their focus group and interview findings from their time working with PASSOP clients.

Read the report here:

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Global media coverage of our report!

Bay Area Reporter and MambaOnline review our report on LGBTI+ access to asylum in South Africa.

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New Frame reviews our report on LGBTI+ access to asylum in South Africa

In a review of our new report, Jan Bornman writes: “[H]ome affairs officials consistently fell short in a number of legal obligations when reviewing the applications of LGBTQIA+ asylum seekers, contravening elements of several pieces of legislation.”

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Government Submission: Hate Crimes Working Group

A collaboration of civil society organisations makes submissions on the draft Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill.

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New Report On The Denial Of Administrative Justice For LGBTI+ Asylum Seekers In South Africa

Based on research conducted by the Legal Resources Centre (LRC), the Women’s Legal Centre (WLC) and the African Centre for Migration and Society (ACMS) this report validates what LGBTI+ asylum seekers coming to South Africa have been saying for years – it suggests that these individuals are being denied administrative justice, be it due to direct discrimination or procedural errors.

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What is it like to be a gay refugee in Cape Town?

Our comrade, Carl Collison, interviewed a gay refugee, Robert (not his real name), a gay Zimbabwean man who fled to South Africa in the hopes of making this his home.

What Robert found instead was abuse at the hands of other gay men, homophobia from Department of Home Affairs officials as well as the difficulties of navigating the Covid-19 pandemic as a sex worker living in a foreign country. In this short film by Carl Collison, Robert speaks with candour about fleeing his homeland, his life in South Africa and his hopes for the future. This film was commissioned by the GALA Queer Archive and sponsored by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (RLS) with funds from the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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Fundraiser for LGBTI+ refugees in Cape Town


Fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/lgbtqi-refuguees-in-south-africa

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Migrant organisations warn of the dangers of vaccine nationalism

Migrant organisations and researchers warn about the dangers of a denying migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, and undocumented people access to COVID-19 vaccination.