Lawyers and activists workg wh LGBT refuge the Netherlands report that immigratn thori are creasgly mandg that people fleeg anti-gay persecutn back home prove their sexualy.
Contents:
- 'WE DON'T BELIEVE YOU ARE GAY': LGBT REFUGE NETHERLANDS LOSE HOPE
- NETHERLANDS UNVERS WORK HELPG UGANDAN ASYLUM SEEKERS FAKE BEG GAY
- 'NOT GAY ENOUGH': DUTCH THORI CHALLENGE ASYLUM-SEEKERS TO PROVE THEIR SEXUALY
'WE DON'T BELIEVE YOU ARE GAY': LGBT REFUGE NETHERLANDS LOSE HOPE
The below anizatns provi servic to LGBTIQ+ asylum seekers the Netherlands: COC the Netherlands COC Netherlands advot for the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex persons (LGBTIQ+ persons). COC striv for the crimalizatn of sexual orientatn and genr inty and for equal rights, emancipatn and the social acceptance of LGBTIQ+ persons the […] * netherlands lgbt asylum *
Wh more than a ln Mlims a untry of 17m, fears about the supposed exceptnal homophobia of Mlim migrant muni have igned a moral panic over “toleratg tolerance” the past .
Refuge are often met wh spicn, and Mlims particular are often seen as havg loyalti elsewhere that will stop them om assiatg to the (prumed homogeno) “native” populatn. Applints have been rejected for var failgs their “gay performance”, cludg not beg effemate enough or not participatg a gay scene their home untry.
NETHERLANDS UNVERS WORK HELPG UGANDAN ASYLUM SEEKERS FAKE BEG GAY
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Bee "he has never lived out his homosexualy any other way than havg sexual ntact" and he did not prent enough homosexual inty, the IND did not believe he was gay and rejected his asylum claim. For a few years, the general le is that lbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenrs om Iran are granted asylum (wh some exceptns: "Dubl" s and s wh crimal aspects). This is very important for LGBTs om Iran, but my opn LGBTs om all untri that crimalise homosexualy should be granted asylum, except when the Country of Orig Informatn monstrat that the crimal provisn is never enforced (when the law is a ad letter).
'NOT GAY ENOUGH': DUTCH THORI CHALLENGE ASYLUM-SEEKERS TO PROVE THEIR SEXUALY
As a rult of qutns by a member of parliament 2007 this discretn ia was abandoned and a new phrase was add the Aliens Circular: "People wh a homosexual preference are not expected to hi this preference upon return.
The Aliens Circular now stat: "In se homosexualy or homosexual acts are punishable the untry of orig, llg upon the protectn of the thori is not mand. In the meantime untri which removed homosexualy and homosexual acts om the Crimal Co, but which neverthels rema homophobic, LGBTs still have to ask protectn om the police.