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Denied Asylum Because He Can't Prove He's Gay

The story of the deportation of Alvaro Antonio Orozco, a 21-year-old gay runaway from Nicaragua, hit the major newspapers and TV stations in Canada in mid-February. Despite his claim that his life would be at risk if he returned to his home country, where homosexuality is illegal and the homophobia is rampant, the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) denied him asylum because they didn't believe he was a homosexual.

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