Australia: Follow-up to Response to Information Request AUS13520 regarding a request for a copy of a recent Australian decision which granted refugee status to a Chinese claimant on the basis of sexual orientation (homosexuality) in November 1992
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 March 1993 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | AUS13794 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Australia: Follow-up to Response to Information Request AUS13520 regarding a request for a copy of a recent Australian decision which granted refugee status to a Chinese claimant on the basis of sexual orientation (homosexuality) in November 1992, 1 March 1993, AUS13794, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac5d38.html [accessed 8 June 2023] |
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A search conducted by the Embassy of Australia in Washington was unsuccessful in locating this parlicular decision within the required time frame. However, the embassy sent DIRB the attached facsimile of the response provided by the competent Australian authorities. This response indicates that in March 1992 two Chinese nationals seeking asylum in Australia on the grounds of their sexual orientation (homosexuality) were denied convention refugee status (Government of Australia 29 Mar. 1993). However, the two applicants were granted refugee 'sur place' status on the grounds that they might face retaliation for their political activities in Australia (Ibid.)
No further information on the above-mentioned topic is currently available to the DIRB in Ottawa.
Attachment
Australia's Department of Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs. 29 March 1993. Facsimile of the response forwarded by the Embassy of Australia in Washington to the DIRB in Ottawa.
