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The Netherlands Will Offer LGBT-Specific Counseling to Refugees

Beginning August 1, all refugee centers in the Netherlands will have specific counseling available for LGBT refugees. COC the Netherlands, a Dutch organization for LGBT rights, has advocated for this measure. In some...

by Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten

Beginning August 1, all refugee centers in the Netherlands will have specific counseling available for LGBT refugees. COC the Netherlands, a Dutch organization for LGBT rights, has advocated for this measure. In some of the refugee centers, support is already offered in a separate section of the center that is specifically assigned for vulnerable persons. A report by the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights and the Dutch ombudsman has indicated that LGBT refugees file relatively more complaints about discrimination.

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