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'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.

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 *

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.

'NOT GAY ENOUGH': DUTCH THORI CHALLENGE ASYLUM-SEEKERS TO PROVE THEIR SEXUALY

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).

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