http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/76acd9faa13270bd https://verfassungsblog.de/when-statistics-replace-rights/ When Statistics Replace Rights - On the De-Harmonization of EU Asylum Law and the De-Humanization of LGBTQI+ Refugees Guth, Ralph Ferreira, Nuno Dalla, Mohammad eng 2026-11-10 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Asyl Asylrecht EU European Union GEAS Human Rights LGBT Rights EU Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 The EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum, entered into force in June 2026. The Asylum Procedures Regulation (APR) introduces a new crucial feature: a statistical threshold based on Eurostat data from the previous year that places applicants from countries with low asylum recognition rates into mandatory accelerated procedures. LGBTQI+ refugees are an especially vulnerable group, because many of these low-recognition countries are not safe for SOGIESC minorities.