{"id":7875,"date":"2026-03-09T22:32:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T22:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/?p=7875"},"modified":"2026-03-09T22:32:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T22:32:51","slug":"the-us-deported-a-gay-asylum-seeker-to-a-third-country-where-homosexuality-is-illegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/2026\/03\/09\/the-us-deported-a-gay-asylum-seeker-to-a-third-country-where-homosexuality-is-illegal\/","title":{"rendered":"The US deported a gay asylum-seeker to a third country where homosexuality is illegal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported a gay asylum-seeker to a third country where homosexuality is a crime. The investigation revealed an &#8220;opaque arrangement&#8221; where migrants were sent to countries like Cameroon and Morocco despite protection orders from immigration judges designed to prevent their return to danger. A rare firsthand account from a Moroccan woman highlighted the life-threatening risks of this policy, describing her fear after being transferred to a nation where her identity is criminalized. Human rights advocates and lawyers warn that these third-country deportations exploit legal gray areas, effectively bypassing international protections for LGBTQ+ individuals fleeing persecution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> February 22, 2026. <strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-deportation-cameroon-morocco-lgbt-interview-1ea278f4c981df798773e26972c5d54f\">apnews.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported a gay asylum-seeker to a third country where homosexuality is a crime. The investigation revealed an &#8220;opaque arrangement&#8221; where migrants were sent to countries like Cameroon and Morocco despite protection orders from immigration judges designed to prevent their return to danger. A rare firsthand account from a Moroccan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":7876,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gender-equality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7875"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8032,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7875\/revisions\/8032"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}