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May
11
2021
By The African Mirror
OPINION: LGBT+ refugees should be resettled with their chosen families

OPINION: LGBT+ refugees should be resettled with their chosen families

LGBT+
SAMUEL RITHOLTZ and REBECCA BUXTON IN the autumn of 2018, a ‘rainbow caravan’ of LGBT+ migrants from central America reached the Mexico-U.S. border, where they applied for asylum. In this group were 30 transgender women who requested asylum together at the border in Tijuana. Though a group, they were treated as individuals: some won their asylum cases, others lost.  Such separation is common within the U.S. asylum system, and globally because refugee status is normally decided on an individual basis. Exceptions are made to this rule for families and married couples, where refugee status decisions and resettlement are possible on a group basis. But these…
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Apr
14
2021
By The African Mirror
Security boost for LGBT+ refugees camp

Security boost for LGBT+ refugees camp

NEWS
NITA BHALLA SECURITY will be beefed up for LGBT+ people living in a Kenyan refugee camp, a U.N. official said on Tuesday, following the death of a gay man who was set alight in the latest attack targeting sexual minorities at the Kakuma camp. The 32-year-old Ugandan died on Monday in a Nairobi hospital where he and another LGBT+ refugee were being treated for burns sustained in the March 15 attack. The other man is expected to be discharged soon, the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) said. Witnesses told the Thomson Reuters Foundation a petrol bomb was thrown near the man…
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Mar
24
2021
By The African Mirror

LGBT+ refugees call on U.N. for safe space after Kenya camp attacks

LGBT+
NITA BHALLA LGBT+ people living in a refugee camp in northwestern Kenya urged U.N. officials on Friday to move them to a safer area following a series of homophobic attacks by other residents and locals. The refugees, who come from countries including Uganda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo, said a section of the Kakuma camp occupied by 135 LGBT+ refugees had been attacked at least five times since the start of the year. In one incident last month, three gay men needed hospital treatment for burns after attackers set their bedding alight as they slept. LGBT+ refugees have…
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Nov
13
2020
By The African Mirror
Biden rekindles American Dream for Africa’s LGBT+ refugees

Biden rekindles American Dream for Africa’s LGBT+ refugees

LGBT+
NITA BHALLA JOE Biden's electoral victory has revived the American Dream for scores of African LGBT+ refugees who fled persecution at home only to languish in Kenya when President Donald Trump denied them a fresh start in the United States. Trump is due to leave office in January, with his Democratic successor promising to open the door wider to migrants and lead a more LGBT+-friendly administration. Under his presidency, Trump lowered the cap on refugee admissions every year, culminating in an all-time low of 15,000 for the fiscal year 2021. Biden has pledged to increase annual refugee admissions to 125,000.…
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