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US 'Welcome Corps' helps resettle LGBTQ+ refugees fleeing crackdowns against gay people (apnews.com)

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A program that helps refugees resettle in the United States has expanded to include LGBTQ+ people who have been threatened and harassed in their home countries.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

*Independent organization that the US occasionally allows to meet with and assist some recent migrants doesn't change broader US policy to exclude people attempting to migrate from countries in the Global South, in spite of the fact that many of those countries are violently oppressive towards their LGBTQ+ populations

Like, good for them doing what they're doing, but it really doesn't address the underlying problems here