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U.S. Department of State Takes Small but Important Step to Protect Spouses of Same-Sex Asylum Seekers

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The U.S. Department of State’s recently included same-sex partners as a family reunification refugee priority category, improving access to the refugee program for LGBT families. Source: AP/Matt Rourke

Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2015.  The U.S. Department of State’s recent change to the guidelines that inform refugee admissions makes it easier for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, or LGBT, refugees and asylees to have their partners join them in the United States. The State Department officially changed the…

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