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Trump's deportation push sees LGBT migrants sent to hostile countries
Reuters found 40 cases where migrants with U.S. protection were sent to countries that criminalize or target LGBT people, according to court records and interviews.
Donald Trump's immigration crackdown has led to a controversial practice: deporting tens of thousands of asylum seekers to third countries. Among the most vulnerable are LGBT migrants, who are being sent to African countries where homosexuality is a crime. Maya-Anaïs Yataghène has the story.
Reuters documents 40 cases of LGBTQI immigrants deported from the US to African countries that either criminalize same-sex relationships or have been designated by the State Department as hostile to LGBTQI people. The Supreme Court allows the deportations to be combined to third countries pending the case’s adjudication.
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