CANADA MUST DO MORE TO PROTECT LGBTQ2+ REFUGEES

Globally, there are some 41.3 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) and for many LGBTQ2+ individuals, they live in fear of persecution. They can be arbitrarily arrested, detained or attacked, and too often have no other choice but to flee their country to find safety. But they face significant barriers in finding a safe passageway to make an asylum claim, let alone to reach a country that will provide them with protection as even if they manage to flee to another country, their existence is often still criminalized in the first country they enter. As such, far too many still can’t find safe passage and remain in grave danger.

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