A transgender activist from Cameroon has arrived in Belgium, where she was given asylum. Despite suffering violent attacks, she had to spend over a year in exile in Nigeria while her claim in Belgium was being processed.
Migrants fleeing persecution due to their sexual orientation and/or transgender identity can apply for refugee status in France. Find out more about the process.
The Hôtel-Dieu hospital in Paris offers checks for sexually transmitted infections (STI) such as chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, hepatitis B and C and HIV. The service is free and open to all, including undocumented migrants without healthcare coverage in France.
Germany will now consider queer refugees at risk of persecution in their home countries, whether or not they openly live with their identity and orientation.
Germany's so-called "behavioural prognosis" when assessing LGBTQ+ asylum procedures is to be scrapped. "Only in this way can LGBTQ+ refugees realize their right to live in safety -- as discreetly or openly as they themselves want," advocates say.
Anti-gay and transgender legislation in Hungary have sparked condemnation of Viktor Orban's government and prompted LGBTQ individuals to leave the country. Some of them have made their way to Berlin.
37 civil organizations and charities sent a letter to Greek authorities, addressing the alleged mistreatment of LGBTQI+ asylum seekers in Greece. The letter was addressed directly to Greece's Secretary General of Reception of Asylum Seekers Manos Logothetis and Secretary General of Migration Policy Patroklos Georgiadis.
As part of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOTB), UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has underscored the importance of attention to all people forced to flee due to "a specific kind of persecution and discrimination -- people on the run because of their sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or sex characteristics."
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has warned that over 2,500 asylum seekers and migrants are being detained in "inhumane" conditions in Lithuania after they crossed the border from Belarus. The NGO said many are at risk of mental health degradation.
The UNHCR has called for a better treatment of LGBTIQ+ people forced to flee their homes. The UN Refugee Agency is currently holding a roundtable conference focused on protections for LGBTIQ+ refugees and displaced people against persecution and violence.
Bundesliga club Hertha Berlin have parted company with goalkeeping coach Zsolt Petry over comments made in an interview. Hertha said the homophobic and anti-migrant sentiments were not compatible with the club's values.
The Dutch government is reassessing the cases of dozens of Ugandans who were granted asylum, after it uncovered a criminal network that helped them to fake their sexual orientation in order to claim protection.