This week brings mixed news for asylum seekers and the LGBTQ community. While President Trump proposed new restrictions on asylum seekers 10 transgender women won their asylum case in Texas. If you’d like to know the latest news affecting asylum seekers and LGBTQ rights keep reading.
Read MoreWe’re bringing you the most current news to keep you well informed about asylum seekers and the LGBTQ community. While Mexico grows increasingly reluctant to aid migrant caravans, Pope Francis donates $500,000 to migrants. The U.S. supreme court, with a conservative majority, is set to take up LGBT job discrimination cases. Read on to learn more.
Read MoreAs AsylumConnect prepares to expand into Canada, we’re bringing keeping you up-to-date with the latest LGBTQ asylum seeking news from Canada, the U.S.A. and Mexico. This week, the Canadian government introduced a new law designed to stop “asylum shopping”. In the U.S.A., the “remain in Mexico” policy was upheld by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Read on to learn more about issues effecting the LGBTQ and asylum seeking community.
Read MoreAs more countries continue to crackdown on LGBTQ rights, AsylumConnect shares stories of LGBTQ asylum seekers in Egypt and Brunei. Worryingly, Azerbaijan, one of the worst countries for LGBTQ rights in Europe, conducted raids targeting transgender citizens. Read more to learn about LGBTQ and asylum seeker rights around the world.
Read MoreOn the day after International Transgender Day of Visibility, an ICE detention center in New Mexico is accused of abusing its transgender and gay detainees. In another shocking move, Brunei is set to enact the death penalty for homosexuality. Please keep reading to stay informed on the most important news for asylum seekers and the LGBTQ community.
Read MoreIn the final week of March, we take a look at some of the most influential news from the asylum seeking and LGBTQ community. On Tuesday, Human Rights Watch condemned Japan’s outdated and inhumane laws directed at transgender people. In response to the ‘remain in Mexico’ policy, asylum seekers pleaded to stay in the U.S. while awaiting the results of their case.
Read MoreThis week AsylumConnect brings you the latest news on how the “remain in Mexico” immigration policy has affected asylum seekers. In a chilling update to last week's news of human rights violations against LGBTQ Chechens, Ramzan Kadyrov promised his government will no longer tolerate human rights activists. Read on to learn more about issues facing asylum seekers and the LGBTQ community.
Read MoreIn the last week of February, we take a look at the realities asylum seekers face after applying for asylum in the U.S. After arriving in the U.S. some asylum seekers find themselves separated from family, suffering from inhumane conditions in detention centers or deported to dangerous countries. Read more to learn about issues facing the LGBTQ community and asylum seekers in the U.S.
Read MoreAlthough border states have begun plans to withdrawal troops from the southern border, President Tump has declared a national emergency in order to secure funding for his proposed wall. This week the U.N. and German parliament raised concerns about the safety of the LGBT community in Chechnya and North Africa respectively. For more information, please read on…
Read MoreIn the first week of February, President Trump has called for tighter security along the U.S.-Mexico border. Promisingly, 2018 saw an increase in pro-LGBTQ bills passing into law. Read more to catch up with the latest LGBTQ and asylum seeking news from this week.
Read MoreThis week an asylum-seeker has won one of Australia’s most prestigious literary prizes for the book he wrote in detention on Nauru. Mexico has made strides to improve conditions for migrants and asylum seekers waiting in the country. Read on to keep up-to-date with the latest news concerning the LGBTQ community and asylum seekers.
Read MoreThis week, a Saudi woman’s pleas for asylum took social media by storm while President Trump continued to spread misinformation about the southern border.
Read MoreThe start of 2019 brings troubling human rights news from Brazil as well as huge setbacks in America’s asylum policy.
Read MoreAs 2018 comes to an end, the government shutdown continues while advocates challenge Trump’s transgender military ban.
Read MoreThis week, we take a look at creative protests in favor and against Trump’s immigration policies as well as updated news on asylum seekers on the Mexican border.
Read MoreThis week brings news of increased deportations and raises questions about ICE’s recent activities and powers. Here are five of the most important articles about immigration for AsylumConnect readers.
Read MoreThis week, we take a look at the worsening border situation in Tijuana, Mexico as well as anti-LGBT sentiment in Indonesia. Here are five of the most important articles to keep you up to date with the latest LGBTQ and migration news.
This week included both setbacks and breakthroughs for the migrant caravan in Tijuana as well as blows to LGBTQ rights in North America and Asia. Here are five of the most significant LGBTQ and immigration news articles of the week.
With the Supreme Court’s recent upholding of the Muslim ban and a recent refusal of some Turkish provinces to register new Syrian refugees, the situation in Turkey is growing even darker for LGBTQ refugees.
Read MoreAsylumConnect strongly condemns the recent Supreme Court decision upholding President Trump's Muslim ban. This xenophobic and racist Muslim ban is inconsistent with core American values.
Read More