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Guatemalan trans activist saved from deportation at the last hour

Started by Shana A, September 20, 2012, 10:29:33 AM

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Guatemalan trans activist saved from deportation at the last hour
Fernanda Milan gains last minute reprieve from being sent back to Guatemala, where her life was in danger
20 September 2012 | By Anna Leach

http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/guatemalan-trans-activist-saved-deportation-last-hour200912

At the last hour Danish authorities have put on hold a Guatamalan transwoman's deportation that activists say would have put her life in danger.

Fernanda Milan was due to leave Denmark last Monday (17 September) and it wasn't until the afternoon of that day that she heard that the Refugee Board had decided to reopen her case.

'When the Refugee Board chooses to reopen the case, it shows that we were right,' said Stine Larsen from the T-Refugee Project, a group of activists fighting for Milan to remain in Denmark. 'We know that Fernanda is in danger in Guatemala because she is transgender and a human rights activist.'

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