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Apr 16 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
🏳️⚧️ Harmful EU asylum pact fails trans and gender-diverse asylum seekers
🏳️⚧️ The EU Pact on Asylum and Migration fails to properly address the needs of vulnerable asylum seekers, including trans and gender-diverse (TGD) people fleeing persecution. 1/10
🏳️⚧️ TGD asylum seekers face particular forms of persecution and violence within their home, transit and host countries, including:
🏳️⚧️ Harsh penalties, including imprisonment or death, for simply being who they are. 2/10