Tag: deportation

Australian Border Force denies profiling an inbound passenger for looking 'a bit gay' A German national was forced against his will to get on a flight to Japan after he was refused entry into Australia by border force agents. He was eventually deported after he was allegedly accused of coming to the country to engage in sex work. Michael* had been living in Australia for more than two years when he took a week-long trip to Japan after his tourist visa expired....

Abderrahim, 25, fled Morocco to look for asylum. He is gay and HIV-positive. His claim of persecution, which involved verbal abuse and death threats, and the fact he could face up to three years in jail in Morocco, was rejected by the UK. The rejection saying the "claimed treatment doesn't amount to persecution." After he and others had tried to set up an official LGBT organization, they were forced to flee by government officials. The UK has said that prosecutions of...

A gay couple from Russia seeking asylum in Germany has allegedly been questioned by a judge for four hours about their sexuality because the judge did not believe that they are gay. Pavel Tupikov and Igor Popialkovskii had left Russia after their lives were put at risk when a police officer blackmailed them. The two fled to Germany and are now in the process of seeking asylum and part of that process meant that Tupikov had to appear in front of...

A Belgian man has pleaded for help after his boyfriend was deported to Ghana – where homosexuality is illegal – because he’s “not gay enough.” Jurgen Hendrickx posted a series of emotional messages on Facebook as authorities physically forced his long-term boyfriend Festus onto a flight after a two-year legal struggle. The electrical engineer, who lives in the northern city of Antwerp, said his boyfriend had been “threatened by his family several times in the last few days because of his...

The Home Office is encouraging LGBT refugees to go back in the closet. Under new government guidelines, the UK is denying asylum to gay Afghan refugees, says they’ll be safe in their home country if they “pretend to be straight.” The guide was released last month by the Home Office and has drawn heavy criticism from human rights groups who argue that the document is in violation of international law. “The Home Office’s approach seems to be telling asylum seekers, ‘Pretend you’re...

He fled Nigeria after his boyfriend was beaten to death A gay teenager is facing deportation from Sweden back to Nigeria. Franco Kaodimuo fled to Sweden in 2015, after his boyfriend died from lynch justice. At 14, Kaodimuo was promised a football career in India, but it turned out he had been sold as a slave, The Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Rights said. ‘Several’ of the young man’s friends, who also came to India from Nigeria, died because...