“When policies are being created, LGBTQ asylum seekers need to be validated and need to be kept safe.”
to even enter the U.S. and begin an asylum case.) During the interview, which is conducted in English with a translator, the asylum seeker describes what happened in the past and why they fear going back to their own country.
Asylum seekers who have the means may schedule an appointment for legal assistance and consult an attorney as they prepare their applications. Once the application is done, the applicant files all parts of the asylum application.confirms that they received the applications and that they’re properly filed. Then the asylum seeker waits, sometimes for several months, for a series of interviews including a master calendar hearing and a merits hearing.
Sponsorship plays an important role in the expediency of the asylum process as without a U.S. sponsor, an LGBTQ asylum seeker could be detained in an immigration facility for months or even years. “Most LGBT asylum seekers are rejected by their families so it’s so hard for them to find a sponsor,” Colin explains. “I don’t need to talk about how horrible are those concentration camps, so imagine being a transgender women in a men’s detention [facility] for one year!”
Seeking asylum is a very complicated process, fraught with difficulties, so having expert resources makes a big difference for asylum seekers. When Colin migrated to the U.S. from Iraq via Syria in 2011, he wasn’t aware of any resources for members of the LGBTQ community who sought asylum in his new home. But organizations have arisen to help fill that gap in the eight years since. Here are four LGBTQ asylum organizations you should know about if you’re in need.
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