| Resolution Number: | 2022-D045 |
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| Title: | Support the Protection of LGBTQI+ Refugees and Asylum Seekers |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 80th General Convention of the Episcopal Church express its full support of the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) and IOM (International Organization for Migration) in their mission to protect LGBTIQ+ persons forced to seek refugee or asylee status because they fear being persecuted based on their sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and/or sex characteristics (SOGIESC); and be it further
Resolved, That the General Convention urge all nations, especially the United States, to actively accept vulnerable SOGIESC refugees and asylees, and not send them back to their countries of origin , where they face persecution, violence, prison and possible death; and be it further
Resolved, That the 80th General Convention request that the Episcopal Migration Ministries highlight the issues surrounding LGBTQI+ refugees and asylees and offer information on ways of support, including these, for example, in their Toolkit for Congregations.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Baltimore, 2022 (New York: General Convention, 2023), pp. 495-496. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | Ms. Janet Day-Strehlow |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Social Justice and International Policy |
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Social Justice and International Policy presented its Report #11 on Resolution D045 (On Supporting LGBTIQ+ Refugees and Aslyum Seekers) and moved adoption.
Original Text of Resolution:
(D045)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring,
That the 80th General Convention of the Episcopal Church express its full support of the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) and IOM (International Organization for Migration) in their mission to protect LGBTIQ+ persons forced to seek refugee or asylee status because they fear being persecuted based on their sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and/or sex characteristics (SOGIESC); and be it further
Resolved, That the General Convention urge all nations, especially the United States, to actively accept vulnerable SOGIESC refugees and asylees, and not send them back to their countries of origin , where they face persecution, violence, prison and possible death; and be it further
Resolved, That the 80th General Convention request that the Episcopal Migration Ministries highlight the issues surrounding LGBTQI+ refugees and asylees and offer information on ways of support, including these, for example, in their Toolkit for Congregations.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #224)
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Social Justice and International Policy presented its Report #25 on HB Message #224 on Resolution D045 (On Supporting LGBTIQ+ Refugees and Aslyum Seekers) and moved concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #262)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 10.
| Abstract: | The 80th General Convention requests that the Episcopal Migration Ministries highlight the issues surrounding LGBTQI+ refugees and offer information on ways congregations may support them. |
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