Increasg numbers of Rsians are seekg asylum the Uned Stat, acrdg to U.S. ernment data, a trend wily seen as lked to risg antigay sentiment Rsia.
Contents:
- NUMBER OF RSIAN ASYLUM SEEKERS TO U.S. SPIK IN WAKE OF 'ANTIGAY' LAW
- GAY ASYLUM SEEKERS FORCED TO 'PROVE' THEIR SEXUALY
NUMBER OF RSIAN ASYLUM SEEKERS TO U.S. SPIK IN WAKE OF 'ANTIGAY' LAW
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Asylum applitns om Rsian natnals have jumped 15 percent for the send straight year, a rise that asylum seekers and attorneys attribute to Rsians fleeg their homeland due to fears of persecutn and antigay vlence. But applints and immigratn attorneys said the rise is almost certaly lked to an exod of Rsian gays followg Print Vladimir Put's signg of a law banng "propaganda of nontradnal sexual relatnships" last year and vlent guerrilla attacks by antigay groups Rsia.
GAY ASYLUM SEEKERS FORCED TO 'PROVE' THEIR SEXUALY
The loosely word law was portrayed by Put and other Rsian officials as aimed at protectg children and enuragg Rsia’s birthrate, while Wtern ernments and rights groups cried as discrimatory toward gays. Gay people Rsia “are already gettg impatient, and they see that there’s no future for them there.