Asylum

About 50 refugees seeking asylum in Europe died last year when this rickety boat capsized during their northward journey across the Mediterranean Sea. They were a few of at least 25,500 deaths and disappearances during such refugee crossings since 2014 according to the UN.(Photo courtesy of AP and AfricaNews)
Queer Cameroon asylum seeker dies in Mediterranean crossing
Dutch Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Minister Reinette Klever with Gen. Jeje Odongo, Uganda's foreign affairs minister. (Photo courtesy of New Vision and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Refugees could be put at risk in Uganda under proposed Dutch deal
Munich’s diverse Extra Pride gives a boost to African refugees and many more
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Bisexual risks death in Nigeria, seeks asylum in the U.K .
Arc Essentiel provides a lifeline for LGBTQ+ refugees in France
Report: Cameroonian asylum seekers face abuse in U.S. and back home
Map of West Africa shows the location of Mali.
France drops homophobic Senegal, Ghana, Benin from ‘safe’ countries list
100s of Russian refugees are stuck in limbo in Guam, hoping for U.S. asylum
Romeo and Juliet: Couple in love flees Mauritanian parents, sharia law
Dutch claim: Criminals help Ugandan asylum seekers appear gay
Nigerian’s fund drive seeks help for LGBT asylum seekers in U.K.
Queer Squad: Tunisian comic embraces LGBTQ life in quarantine
Egyptian LGBTQ+ activist Sara Hegazy dies by suicide
Jamaica: 21 gay victims of human rights abuses
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to hear Jamaica petition Monday
Gay Nigerian ex-priest honored for supporting asylum-seekers