Now Reading
Why does Germany accept refugees, reject LGBTI activists?

Why does Germany accept refugees, reject LGBTI activists?

COMMENTARY

Logo of Hamiam
Logo of HAMIAM, the German activist group that keeps inviting LGBTI activists to a security seminar, only to have the vast majority of its invitees blocked.

Why are German embassies denying visa requests from LGBTI activists seeking to take a brief trip to Germany for a workshop on security?

[See articles here, here, and here on the repeated invitations of the German activist group HAMIAM to dozens of African activists to attend the seminars. After more than a year of multiple invitations, only three activists have been granted visas to attend.]

It doesn’t make sense.

Especially now.  Germany is open-heartedly accepting refugees from Syria and is expecting to set a record this year of 800,000 applications for asylum overall.

See Also
Jann Halexander

Why are German embassies denying temporary visas to LGBTI activists for fear that a handful will use those visas to seek safety in Germany from their countries’ anti-LGBTI violence?

Is homophobia the reason? Racism? Bureaucratic backwardness?

View Comments (0)

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.

© 2022 ERASING 76CRIMES
Scroll To Top

Discover more from Erasing 76 Crimes

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading