{"id":37978,"date":"2025-10-27T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swissmig.wordpress.com\/?p=37978"},"modified":"2025-10-27T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T07:00:00","slug":"levelling-the-odds-of-lgbtiq-asylum-seekers-the-interaction-of-legal-representation-and-credibility-in-asylum-appeals-in-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/?p=37978","title":{"rendered":"Levelling the odds of LGBTIQ+ asylum seekers: the interaction of legal representation and credibility in asylum appeals in Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Author(s) : Mathis Schnell, Jonathan Miaz<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1332\/25151088Y2025D000000108\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1332\/25151088Y2025D000000108<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This article concerns the interplay of legal representation with credibility and how it affects LGBTIQ+ asylum seekers\u2019 appeal cases in court. We argue that (quality) legal representation increases the likelihood of a positive decision and that these effects are even more pronounced for sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI)-related claims. Using a data set of 44,406 Swiss appeal case files from 2007 to 2023, we run regressions and confirm these hypotheses. We then assess the expected heightened role of credibility in SOGI-related cases. We show how legal representation and SOGI positively correlate with the presence of credibility-related terms in the case files. This study shows that legal representation with specific expertise in SOGI-related cases increases the probability of a positive decision at the appeal level. Specialised legal representatives are key intermediaries in shaping access to protection. These results raise political questions about justice in the asylum system.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author(s) : Mathis Schnell, Jonathan Miaz Source : https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1332\/25151088Y2025D000000108 Abstract:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[306,7,828,829,9,148,426,129,303,830,652],"class_list":["post-37978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-society-family-racism","tag-306","tag-article","tag-asylum-appeals","tag-credibility","tag-english-language","tag-gender","tag-gender-related-persecution","tag-law","tag-legal-aspects","tag-legal-representation","tag-sexual-minorities"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37978\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}