Refugees Struggle to Prove Their Homosexuality

According to a recent report, a gay Iranian, Mehdi Kazemi, was refused asylum by Britain because he could not provide authorities with actual proof that homosexuals are being persecuted in Iran. Fortunately, due to an outcry via the media, Kazemi's case is being re-evaluated. More on this later.

Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, gay asylum-seekers are confronted with a somewhat similar problem in proceedings before the Canadian Refugee Board. The Refugee Board doesn't want proof that homosexuals are persecuted in the asylum-seekers' home country, the board wants proof that the asylum-seekers are, in fact, homosexuals.

However, being homosexual is a lot easier than proving your homosexuality in public in a civilized manner. As a result, refugees are often relegated to simply pleading before the board "I'm gay! I'm gay! Can't you see I'm gay?" because no genuine, verifiable proof is available. What's needed is a sexual orientation test -- or something.

Last week MP Thomas Mulcair exploded at hecklers in the Commons and later shed tears at a news conference after Immigration Minister Diane Finley refused to allow Canada's latest gay refugee claimant Kulenthiran Amirthalingam stay in the country on compassionate grounds.

Reportedly gay Nicaraguan Alvaro Orozco, 22, is another asylum-seeker who was rejected. The adjudicator accused him of lying about his sexual orientation just to stay in Canada. Orozco is presently hiding out in Toronto.


Alvaro Orozco
All the while, the Refugee Board makes decisions in the context of a burdensome, politically correct environment that won't tolerate any hint of stereotyping or profiling of gay individuals. Therefore, all persons seeking asylum in Canada by claiming to be gay must make sure that their homosexuality is supported by evidence of some nature.

The Canadians are determined to prevent heterosexuals, masked as homosexuals, from entering the country as refugees.