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Gabija Saveiskyte

“The Dumbest Thing”: Trans American Comes Running Home After Fleeing US, Recounts Horrors Of European Asylum Center

Jane-Michelle Arc fled the U.S. fearing for her safety as a transgender woman, only to find herself desperate to return home after a harrowing experience at a Dutch asylum center.

Now back in San Francisco, the 48-year-old software engineer has called her decision to seek asylum in Europe “the dumbest thing I’ve ever done.”

Reacting to her ordeal, one person wrote online, “The grass isn’t always greener on the other side.”

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