A woman described as a lesbian asylum seeker from Zimbabwe who arrived into Ireland and had her application rejected in 2019 has lost her “appeal to remain” in Ireland, reports gcn.ie
The International Protection Office (IPO) said they did not believe the woman’s claim that she was being forced into marriage twice as a child at age 9 and 13 and that her family had threatened her due to her lesbian sexuality. The woman had then brought judicial review proceedings to overturn the IPO decision, but it was turned over last month by Justice Tara Burns.
Activist Bulelani Mfaco spokesperson for MASI – Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland took to social media “The Department of Justice assumes to have the authority to validate an asylum seeker’s sexual orientation. Nowhere in Irish law or practice would the State treat its LGBTQ+ citizens like LGBTQ+ asylum seekers.”
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