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Implementation of a Gender Perspective in Norwegian Refugee Law
This report discusses Norwegian immigration administration practice in relation to asylum applications with a gender aspect. The concept gender aspect such as it is used in this report covers both the biological and social gender. The report is based on a review of 300 asylum applications handled by the Directorate of Immigration and / or Immigration Appeals Board during the period 1998-2000 and is a result of the project “The Boundary between Asylum and a Residence Permit granted on Humanitarian Grounds”. The project was commissioned by the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development. The review of asylum applications with a gender aspect has shown that no direct discrimination has taken place in relation to the question of granting of asylum or residence on humanitarian grounds for protection reasons. Both female and male applicants, if the applications contain a gender aspect, are granted asylum in Norway. One of the finds in the analysis, however, is that relatively similar asylum applications have a different outcome at times.
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Kommunal- og distriktsdepartementet
Utgiver
Kommunal- og regionaldepartementet
Forfatter
Torhild B. Holth
Språk
engelsk
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Tema
lov og rett, beredskap likestilling, integrering og inkludering