Canada provides shelter to more 30 Chechen gays - ForumDaily
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Canada provided shelter to more 30 Chechen gays

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The Canadian non-profit organization Rainbow Railroad helped 35 LGBT people from Chechnya to leave the territory of Russia, 31 of them received political asylum in Canada.

“Together with the Canadian government, we are working on a program that has allowed persecuted members of the LGBT community from Chechnya to be brought into the country,” Rainbow Railroad Executive Director Kimali Powell said in a commentary. CBC News.

According to him, Rainbow Railroad worked together with the organization “Russian LGBT Network”, which provided temporary shelters and communication with Canada for LGBT people awaiting paperwork, and they were evacuated from Russia by Rainbow Railroad.

In April, 2017, the media reported on killings, torture and illegal detentions of LGBT people in Chechnya, which led to the condemnation of human rights groups and the Government of Canada.

According to Powell, the Canadian government has played an “important role” in developing a program to provide shelter to persecuted Chechens.

The program took about 3 months to complete. Powell traveled to Russia in May 2017. There he met with LGBT asylum seekers and began working in partnership with the authorities in Ottawa to prepare for asylum.

“We have begun immediate discussions with Special Adviser on LGBT Issues Randy Boyssonnout, Global Affairs Canada, and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and Immigration Minister Ahmed Goossen have also provided support for the program,” Powell said.

The operation was carried out in secret. Now they decided to tell about it in order to legitimize the visiting Chechens in Canada: without this, it would have been more difficult for them to start learning the language and look for work.

At the same time, Powell did not disclose the role that the Canadian authorities played in the process of transporting Chechens from Russia. According to him, Rainbow Railroad is “very pleased with this cooperation” and hopes for its continuation.

Powell said that about 40 Chechens are still in asylums in Russia, waiting for the possibility to escape to another country.

Rainbow Railroad was founded in 2006 year. According to the company's website, its mission is to "seek refuge for members of the LGBT community from violence, murder or persecution by the state." For 2017, the organization has helped 142 representatives of sexual minorities to leave the countries where they are being persecuted.

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