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Country of Decision: Austria
Country of Applicant: Pakistan
Keywords: Actor of persecution or serious harm, Country of origin information, Discrimination, Gender Based Persecution, Internal protection, Membership of a particular social group, Non-state actors/agents of persecution, Persecution (acts of), Persecution Grounds/Reasons, Previous persecution, Refugee Status, Sexual orientation
Refugee status was recognised for a transgender woman from Pakistan because discrimination for reasons relevant to asylum as well as involuntary prostitution to earn a living are sufficiently serious to represent persecution within the meaning of the Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees.
Date: 29-01-2013
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