Dutch daily De Dagelijkse Standaard reported that Sandro Kortekaas, chairman of LGBT Asylum Support, has written an angry letter to state secretary Broekers-Noed. According to Kortekaas, hardly anything is done against anti-homosexual violence in asylum centers.
Since June there have been 60 reports, but hardly anything is done, said Kortekaas. His solution: Separate asylum centers for LGBT refugees.
“Since June we have received 60 reports of violence against LGBTIs in asylum centers. We have forwarded them to a hotline, but we have not heard anything further.” Kortekaas has been involved in his crusade since 2016.
“We have been in discussion with the state secretary since 2016 on the subject of separate units for LGBTI asylum seekers. Because that works, especially for transgenders. We want every asylum center to be required to have such a unit,” says Kortekaas. “ We don’t understand why there is still no policy that each asylum center be required to have an LGBTI unit. We have reached rock bottom.”
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