“If they find out back home about the orientation of an LGBT+ individual who then gets deported, then that person faces unimaginable retribution.
Being LGBT+ and moving to a new country can be daunting at the best of times, considering the wide variety of reactions LGBT+ individuals face in differing cultural contexts. Now consider how frightening it must be for LGBT+ asylum seekers who are fleeing from dreadful circumstances from countries where there are horrendous punishments, including imprisonment, torture, or even death on the basis of their orientation. They face isolation from their families and friends, and have no idea what is going to happen to them when they arrive to the country in which they are seeking asylum. In Ireland, asylum seekers are given no information about how long they will retain that status.
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