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A woman described as a lesbian asylum seeker from Zimbabwe who arrived into Ireland and had her application rejected in 2019 has lost her “appeal to remain” in Ireland, reports gcn.ie
The International Protection Office (IPO) said they did not believe the woman’s claim that she was being forced into marriage twice as a child at age 9 and 13 and that her family had threatened her due to her lesbian sexuality. The woman had then brought judicial review proceedings to overturn the IPO decision, but it was turned over last month by Justice Tara Burns.
Activist Bulelani Mfaco spokesperson for MASI – Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland took to social media “The Department of Justice assumes to have the authority to validate an asylum seeker’s sexual orientation. Nowhere in Irish law or practice would the State treat its LGBTQ+ citizens like LGBTQ+ asylum seekers.”
Lesbian who told authorities she received death threats is refused refugee status
The woman had shared her own family in Zimbabwe had threatened her life but she was refused asylum by the IPO.
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25 January, 2021.
Written by Peter Dunne .
A woman who was refused refugee status in 2019 despite telling authorities her family in Zimbabwe had threatened her life when they discovered she was a lesbian, has now lost her appeal to remain in Ireland.
In the original proceedings, an International Protection Officer rejected her claim of being forced into marriage twice as a child, at age 9 and 13, and that family members had threatened her due to her sexuality. The woman had then brought judicial review proceedings to overturn the IPO decision, but it was turned over on Friday by Justice Tara Burns.