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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Maybelyn B. Paden

US Deports Gay Asylum-Seeker to Third Country Where Homosexuality Is Illegal

Farah is back where she started: Morocco, head down, living as if every vibration in her pocket might be the moment her family finds her again. Homosexuality is illegal in Morocco and can be punished by up to three years in prison, and Farah says she is now in hiding after the US deported her via a third country under President Donald Trump's administration.​

She spoke to The Associated Press on the condition she be identified only by her first name, saying the danger she ran from never really let go—it simply changed airports. The AP reported it reviewed her protection order and that lawyers verified parts of her account.​

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