Tag: refoulment

If Trump Refouls Gay Asylum Seekers to El Salvador he is Complicit in their Torture

May 11, 2025

As previously reported by US News media, Andry Hernandez Romero, a gay makeup artist who came to the United States last year in search of asylum, is one of 238 Venezuelan migrants flown from the U.S. to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador . “Our client, who was in the middle of seeking asylum, just … More If Trump Refouls Gay Asylum Seekers to El Salvador he is Complicit in their Torture

Chaos expected as South Africa to Repatriate LGBTI Refugees to Zimbabwei

July 18, 2011

July 18, 2011 By Paul Canning As South Africa gears up to remove more than one million refugees, advocates are warning that gay asylum seekers risk being ‘refouled’ – returned to a place where their lives or freedoms could be threatened. Most asylum seekers in South Africa are from Zimbabwe – but the country hosts … More Chaos expected as South Africa to Repatriate LGBTI Refugees to Zimbabwei