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Little Milana stopped talking after Russian invaded Ukraine

Rights organisations say refugees going into hiding as Home Office admits LGBTQ+ people could face persecution in African country

Document also cites evidence of discrimination against LGBT and Middle Eastern people in asylum system

Foreign shop receipts and tickets can also be used to declare people ‘inadmissible’ for asylum in the UK

Portuguese police on Tuesday raided a refugee support centre run by the municipality of Setubal near Lisbon over allegations that pro-Kremlin Russian attendants had collected personal data of dozens of newly-arrived Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion.

Report on policy to send gay and lesbian asylum seekers to country raises concerns over possible treatment

Countries in Europe have opened their borders and homes to Ukrainians fleeing Russian aggression. Of course, Ukrainians are far from the first group of refugees to need shelter and welcome from host countries.

However, government documents insist Rwanda has ‘legal safeguards’ to protect LGBT people

Model of 10-year-old Syrian girl that has become symbol of compassion will visit border town of Przemyśl

Government also acknowledges Muslim deportees could face risks – but claim this is ‘justified’

Laurie and Mike Riley like to walk their dogs around their Weston, Florida, neighborhood in the evenings. The squirrels scurrying about the tree-lined paths have been an ordinary sight of the after-dinner tradition — that is, until 4-year-old Myroslav and 5-year-old Volodymyr Nemets and their parents joined them from Ukraine…