asylum seeker

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UK
Jun 06 2024

Non-binary Saudi influencer has UK asylum claim rejected: ‘I can’t go back’

An image of a man against a torn background revealing the rainbow colours.

Community
Oct 19 2022

Gay Rwandan man who found safety in the UK warns LGBTQ+ asylum seekers will be ‘seen as criminals’

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UK
Jun 15 2022

Trans asylum seeker narrowly misses Rwanda deportation date: ‘I’m glad I won’t go’

UK
Aug 24 2021

Refugee repeatedly denied asylum because UK’s Home Office ‘didn’t believe he was gay’

The trans refugee faced intense persecution for being trans.

News
Aug 05 2021

Trans refugee in danger of being deported to Syrian war zone amid Turkey’s ‘illegal crackdown’

Gay sex is criminalised in Pakistan under a combination of Sharia law principles and colonial law imposed by British rulers.

News
Jan 29 2021

Asylum seeker who sold a kidney to flee homophobic Pakistan wins crucial legal battle in bid to remain in UK

Non-binary artist who won landmark asylum claim is 'one of the lucky ones'

UK
Dec 28 2020

Non-binary asylum seeker who won landmark appeal to stay in UK recalls horrific beating at hands of police

Home office LGBT+ asylum seekers

UK
Sep 28 2020

Lesbian who was gang-raped after being unlawfully deported wins stunning court victory against Home Office

The national flag of Ghana, where being LGBT+ is heavily criminalised.

US
Apr 02 2020

Asylum seeker beaten, doused in petrol and threatened with beheading by his own dad finally told he deserves refuge

uganda lesbian granted asylum in germany

World
Mar 10 2020

Ugandan lesbian granted asylum in Germany, but judge insists it will not set a precedent for LGBT asylum seekers

Gay Saudi journalists

Current Affairs
Nov 18 2019

Two Saudi journalists being held in asylum centre after being outed as gay by government for contact with foreign media

Transgender woman Roxsana Hernandez, who died while seeking asylum in the US from AIDS related illness.

Trans
Oct 24 2019

Immigration officials deleted vital video of a transgender asylum seeker who died in custody

Trans
Sep 11 2019

A trans refugee held by ICE for 20 months has finally been released

LGBT+ rights campaigners complain of a "culture of disbelief” in the Home Office's treatment of LGBT+ asylum seekers.

UK
Aug 23 2019

Court accepted gay asylum seeker before claiming boyfriend isn’t ‘effeminate’ enough