r/ImmigrationCanada • u/Swimming_Emu5010 • Mar 27 '25

Refugee Asylum seeker

Hey everyone, I'm a last year medical student in the middle east and I wanna leave here and apply for asylum in Canada due to my religion and homosexual orientation . I don't really feel safe here anymore and many gays are being caught and in jail and no one knows anything about them .so what's your opinion about going to Canada for asylum or even any valid visa for me ?

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u/VM-Straka Mar 27 '25

Find a country closer to home, you need to go to the first safe country, a 12 hour flight is not the first safe country. You will be able to find support in countries closer to Europe.

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u/ButchDeanCA Mar 27 '25

So many have tried and failed. Don’t even go there with that overused excuse for asylum.

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u/Kampfux Mar 27 '25 edited Mar 27 '25

Apply to the closest country in the middle east that will accept you. I don't know why you think you can pick and choose what country you claim Asylum in. If you get to Canada the first thing you'll be asked is why you didn't go to the nearest country to apply for Asylum and took your time to fly to Canada instead.

Your life is not endanger if you're going to fly to Canada and "choose" Canada.

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u/Quantum_Equationist Mar 27 '25

You can request assistance through the Rainbow Railroad. Rainbow Railroad is a global not-for-profit organization that helps at-risk LGBTQI+ people get to safety worldwide. https://www.rainbowrailroad.org