IDAHOT: UNHCR launching consultations on LGBTI refugees’ rights
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has launched this week a series of consultations to identify ways of ensuring that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) refugees are better protected against harm, and are able to seek justice and support when they...
Photo exhibit turns lens on LGBTQI refugees in Canada
“Am I Wrong to Love?” shares powerful experiences of individuals forced to flee By Lauren La Rose in Toronto, Canada Many years before they met by chance on social media and fell in love, Nouran Hussein and Miral Mokhtar were bonded by a common truth about who they...
Thousands are fleeing mass gang violence in the North of Central America
Families from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala seek safety Violence in the North of Central America region, which includes the countries of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, has reached a crisis point. Heavily armed gangs terrorize local populations with almost...