IV. FINDINGS
Some claims concerning the risk of persecution on grounds of gender identity are however pending before the local commissions (‘Commissioni territoriali per il riconoscimento della protezione internazionale’) which are the appropriate authority to examine the asylum requests and recently, the ‘Tribunal of Rome’ overturned an expulsion order for an Egyptian transsexual citizen and granted him a stay permit for humanitarian reasons because of the risk of persecution in his country of origin. There is no information on training in specific problems of LGBT asylum seekers or refugees for staff responsible for processing requests, nor to prevent risks of physical or verbal violence.
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