Denna studie ämnar undersöka vilka faktorer som de svenska migrationsmyndigheterna bedömer vara trovärdiga i asylberättelser hos dem som åberopat sexuell läggning som asylskäl. Utifrån en kvalitativ innehållsanalys, ett tematiskt tillvägagångssätt och med ett queerteoretiskt perspektiv ämnar studien även att hitta potentiella underliggande mönster som kan indikera på heteronormativa eller stereotypa föreställningar hos migrationsmyndigheterna. Detta analyseras utifrån sex stycken rättsfall där asylsökande åberopat sexuell läggning som asylskäl. Studiens resultat visar att de svenska migrationsmyndigheterna bedömer trovärdigheten och tillförlitligheten i den asylsökandes berättelse baserat på berättelsens detaljrikedom och personens djupa reflektioner. Vidare konstateras det att migrationsmyndigheterna gärna ser att dessa reflektioner baseras på negativa känslor såsom rädsla, skam och stigma kring sin sexuella läggning. Med en queerteoretisk applicering på resultatet konstaterar studien att det finns tendenser på heteronormativa och stereotypa föreställningar vid migrationsmyndigheternas trovärdighetsbedömningar. / The aim of this study is to investigate which factors the Swedish migration authorities consider to be credible in the asylum narratives of those who have invoked sexual orientation as ground for asylum. Based on a qualitative content analysis, a thematic approach and with a queer theoretical perspective, the study also aims to find potential underlying patterns that may indicate heteronormative or stereotypical beliefs in the migration authorities. This is analyzed based on six court cases where asylum seekers invoked sexual orientation as ground for asylum. The results of the study show that the Swedish migration authorities assess the credibility and reliability of the asylum seeker's story based on the detail of the story and the person's deep reflections. Furthermore, it is noted that the migration authorities would like to see that these reflections are based on negative emotions such as fear, shame and stigma about one's sexual orientation. With a queer theoretical application to the results, the study concludes that there are tendencies of heteronormative and stereotypical notions in the migration authority's credibility assessments.

This study is aimed to increase the knowledge about the Swedish immigration authorities’ assessment of the asylum applications based on particularly distressing circumstances, submitted by disabled undocumented migrants. Making an attempt to explain the reasons of asylum-seekers’ health deterioration during the asylum process, this study determines the factors in migration authorities proceedings affecting such deterioration. Documents in five personal files concerning six disabled asylum-seekers, whose applications were declined, were studied by applying two observational methods: content analysis of the documents in the personal files and non-participant observations made during receptions of undocumented migrants at the Swedish Asylum Committee. The results of the study have shown that migration authorities' way of applying the principle of child’s best interests have a declarative character, while the disability perspective is completely ignored. The migrations authorities make free interpretations of the information on the countries of asylum-seekers' origin, while adaptation to Swedish conditions does not work at all as cause for residence permit. Advocates, who neglect their prior duties, have also a negative influence on the asylum process. Analyzed from the perspective of appropriate sociological concepts, the results of this study have shown that the above mentioned observations cause disabled undocumented migrants health deterioration.