Kenya: UN Faults Kenya for Blocking LGBTQ+ Refugees Seeking to Move to Canada

The United Nations on Friday, December 6, accused the government of blocking Western countries like Canada from resettling LGBTQ+ refugees, leaving them to languish in dangerous refugee camps and safe houses in Kenya.

According to an investigative series by the Canadian Press, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, in a statement, revealed that the Kenyan government has stopped processing most refugee claims based on sexual orientation or gender identity, despite both being…