Urgent request: Question: Refugee status-Homosexuality in Nigeria (7 Day
Deadline)
I'm very glad to write to you concerning to refugee problems in Africa.
Our organisation, NANCEN, is working for refugees in South Korea.
Recently, a Nigerian man is detained by Korean government and he wants
to be granted refugee status in our country.
In Nigeria, he lived in the capital, Abuja. He told us that his house
had been demolished according to the Nigerian government's urban
development plan. Even though the government promised adequate
compensation, he has not been paid the money for being a gay. Since
then, he has been threatened various occasions and finally came to Korea.
In regards to this case, I would like to get some advices which might be
helpful for the detainee's refugee application procedure.
1. It looks like Korean government will require the applicant to
demonstrate any kind of official documents to prove the house demolished
has been his property. But according to the applicant, what I've
understood is that they don't make any documents when they sell or buy
land or buildings in Nigeria between natives. I wonder if you know any
Nigerian customs on it.
2. He claims to be a refugee being homosexual, but this is the hardest
part for Korean government to understand since it cannot be proven by
any 'explicit proofs'. I've made some basic research concerning to the
treatment of homosexuality in Nigeria, but I couldn't find anything but
some patch of newspaper articles. I wonder if you can suggest me any
other detailed studies on the subject.
He has been officially interviewed by the government yesterday and since
then, we can present a written opinion in 7 days. So it would be very
helpful if you could give us some advices according to two questions
above. South Korean government has granted refugee status to a Pakistani
for being homosexual this year, but it is the only case. I'm sincerely
looking forward to your response.
Best regards,
GARAM KWON
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