Contents:
- "CONSTANT FEAR" FOR GAY REFUGE EUROPE'S SHELTERS
- HOW EUROPE TERM WHETHER ASYLUM-SEEKERS ARE GAY
- GAY RAPE, MASKED MEN AND SHEEP RTRANTS
- GAY ASYLUM SEEKERS FACE ‘TSIVE’ SEXUAL QUTNS
"CONSTANT FEAR" FOR GAY REFUGE EUROPE'S SHELTERS
In general, this means showg that they are homosexual or bisexual but also other sexuali such as queer, pansexual and other fns fall wh this spe. However, if a heterosexual is perceived as homo- or bisexual they n be granted asylum based on sexualy too.
We at H I Law Firm have genue experience of assistg asylum applints basg their applitns on their sexualy, whether be homosexualy or bisexualy or non-named sexualy. "Constant fear" for gay refuge Europe's shelters.
BERLIN -- Alaa Ammar fled Syria to pe not jt civil war but also the threat of persecutn as a gay man. Yet when he arrived The Netherlands last sprg, he did not fd the safe haven he and four other gay travelers had to face newly arrived asylum seekers at a migrant center the remote northern town of Ter Apel. Across Europe, gay, lbian and transgenr migrants say they suffer om verbal, physil and sexual abe refugee shelters, and some have been forced to move out.
HOW EUROPE TERM WHETHER ASYLUM-SEEKERS ARE GAY
The s suggt a possible cultural clash: Many migrants are g om nservative Mlim untri where homosexualy is taboo to European societi that are more open to .
In Syria, for example, homosexualy is illegal, and the ant group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has killed more than 30 gays those two untri over the past two years, activists say. The number of migrants acced of gay abe are jt a ty actn of the hundreds of thoands of refuge streamg to Europe. However, most abe is likely not reported bee of European privacy laws and the stigma felt by gay migrants, and there is no official tally across the Germany, the Lbian and Gay Feratn unted 106 s of vlence agast homosexual and transgenr refuge the Berl regn om Augt through the end of January.
Most of the s me om refugee centers, and 13 clud sexual Steert, head of the feratn Berl-Brannburg, said refuge have been askg gay groups for help all over the untry, reluctant to approach police for fear of jeopardizg their asylum applitns. Mass of people often live one big hall, whout lockable rooms or genr-separated Berl, where four hangars at the former Tempelhof airport were turned to a receptn center for 2, 100 people, four s of gay abe were reported.
GAY RAPE, MASKED MEN AND SHEEP RTRANTS
Maria Antonia Kipp, spokwoman for private center operator Tamaja, said 's very difficult to create safe spac for homosexuals when hundreds of bunk beds are separated only by th woon boards. Whout the ernment, the protectn of gay migrants has largely fallen to rights groups and lol muni.
On Tuday, gay rights group Schwulenberatung Berl will open a new home wh 122 beds for gay refuge operatn wh the cy of Berl and another shelter wh 10 beds was recently opened Nuremberg. Berl has also appoted a unselor as ntact person for the registratn of gay and transgenr migrants.
GAY ASYLUM SEEKERS FACE ‘TSIVE’ SEXUAL QUTNS
Schwulenberatung Berl's Mahmoud Hasso said the new Berl shelter would be a big improvement for gay, transgenr and lbian refuge.
"Gay refuge live nstant fear the big shelters, " said the 40-year-old Syrian refugee. "Even if they don't get abed right away, they're always aaid their inty will be revealed and then they'll be targeted, " he suatn for homosexual refuge is difficult all over Europe.
The men now have asylum petns pendg before the Spanish ernment cg their homosexualy as a reason why they serve refugee stat, the nonprof Swen, a urt sentenced an asylum seeker to five months prison last summer for makg ath threats, along wh sptg the face and grabbg the throat of a fellow refugee a center Jonkopg.