No Way Out: Violence, Pushbacks, and the Failure of Protection for Afghan LGBTIQ+ Refugees is a new report by the Afghanistan LGBTIQ+ Organization (ALO) documenting the experiences of Afghan LGBTIQ+ refugees, asylum seekers, and people on the move.

Based on interviews with Afghan LGBTIQ+ individuals and fieldwork with people in transit, the report examines persecution in Afghanistan, violence and exploitation during migration, pushbacks at European borders, sexual and gender-based violence, and the systemic failure to provide safe, legal, and LGBTIQ+-sensitive protection pathways.

The report highlights how the absence of accessible protection routes forces Afghan LGBTIQ+ people into dangerous journeys where they face abuse by smugglers, border authorities, and others, while restrictive asylum and return policies increase the risk of refoulement and retraumatisation.

ALO calls on EU institutions, Member States, UN agencies, humanitarian actors, and civil society organisations to strengthen protection, end pushbacks, expand humanitarian pathways, and ensure that Afghan LGBTIQ+ refugees and asylum seekers are treated with dignity, safety, and justice.