Tag: asylum
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Finland violated rights of a lesbian mothers’ child by rejecting his asylum application, UN finds
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child found that Finland failed to consider the best interests of the child of a lesbian couple when assessing his asylum request. Now the country is under an obligation to provide reparation.
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U.S President Biden Issues Memorandum on Advancing the Rights of LGBTQI Persons Around the World
During a speech at the U.S State Department on 4 February 2021, U.S President Joe Biden announced a Presidential Memorandum on advancing the rights of LGBTQI people.
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Anti-LGBT Persecution in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras
U.S. Barriers to Asylum Block Path to Safety
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Home Office refused thousands of LGBTQ asylum claims, figures reveal
«culture of disbelief» excludes at least 3,100 nationals from countries outlawing same-sex acts.
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LGBTQ migrants stick together for safety in Migrant Caravan
Dozens of transgender women and gay men in the caravan moving through Mexico with hopes of seeking asylum in the United States have banded together for protection — not from the uncertainty of a journey fraught with danger from the gangs who prey on migrants but from their fellow travellers.
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Ugandan LGBTQ asylum seeker, Sweden wants to deport : They are gonna kill me
Former Dalkurd player Patrick Mulyanti, 20, is openly gay. Now he will be deported by Sweden to Uganda where he is wanted because of his sexual orientation and where a former boyfriend murdered.