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 […]
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- '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
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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.
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).
NETHERLANDS UNVERS WORK HELPG UGANDAN ASYLUM SEEKERS FAKE BEG GAY
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. * netherlands lgbt asylum *
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.
Together wh VU Universy Amsterdam COC Netherlands [2] recently started a rearch project to the polici and practic ncerng LGBTI asylum seekers the EU Member Stat: "Fleeg Homophobia, Seekg Safety Europe". In llaboratn wh fellow LGBTI-anisatns, LGBT Asylum Support provis support to Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr -and Intersex refuge throughout the asylum procre.
'NOT GAY ENOUGH': DUTCH THORI CHALLENGE ASYLUM-SEEKERS TO PROVE THEIR SEXUALY
After sufferg years of physil and verbal abe om his fay, his employers and even random people on the street for beg gay, he fally ma the cisn to flee to the Netherlands, a untry ternatnally ld as one of the most LGBT-tolerant plac the n I go back to Iraq? "IND told me, 'We don't believe you are gay bee you don't speak about right, " says Zaman by FaceTime om his home Midlburg, south Netherlands, where he liv wh his Dutch fiancee Richard. Acrdg to Zaman, the IND poted to his lack of knowledge about the lol Dutch gay scene and said they didn't believe he was a relatnship wh Richard, who he had met a few months prr to his first terview wh the IND June 2016.
He also clud 12 letters om fay, iends, neighbours and NGO workers who knew him as evince of his told me, 'We don't believe you are gay bee you don't speak about right'– Zamen, Iraqi refugeeHowever, ls than a week after submtg all June this year, he was rejected aga. Growg problemThe IND do not pile any statistics on LGBT refuge, so 's difficult to know what percentage are beg rejected, but lawyers and activists workg on the issue say they have alt wh dozens of s - maly male homosexuals - this year alone, and that the suatn is gettg worse every day. Kortekaas says the need is thought they had e to a safe untry where they have this big Pri ftival, full of tolerance and rpect for LGBT rights, then they get this- Sandro Kortekaas, chairman of the LGBT Asylum Support anisatn"The people we help, 95 percent I'm really sure that they are gay, " says Kortekaas.