US deports LGBTQ migrants to nations where they fear persecution, rights groups say
- A federal appeals court this month upheld a ruling that found aspects of the administration's third-country deportation policy unlawful.
- A Turkish woman who was granted protection by a US immigration judge because of the danger she faced at home was deported instead to the Central African Republic, a country she had never visited or even heard of before boarding the flight.
- Aylin, 28, who is gay, told CNN she had left Turkey after receiving death threats from a religious group and a member of her family.
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- A federal appeals court this month upheld a ruling that found aspects of the administration's third-country deportation policy unlawful.
- A Turkish woman who was granted protection by a US immigration judge because of the danger she faced at home was deported instead to the Central African Republic, a country she had never visited or even heard of before boarding the flight.
- Aylin, 28, who is gay, told CNN she had left Turkey after receiving death threats from a religious group and a member of her family.
Sources: Times of India