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Chase · 03-08-2006, 02:37 PM

Quote: (Originally Posted by RalphyS) Well our secretary for these issues Rita Verdonk is a bit coocoo lately.

Not only she wants to send gays back to Iran, but also Christians.

And that to a state were gay sex could be punished with the death penalty and outspoken Christianity is also a very dangerous thing.

Luckily there was lots of political debate lately, due to yesterday's national city council elections and the spokesmen and -women of most if not all parties, even the one that Verdonk herself is a member of, told outloud that it was out of the question that gays would be send back to Iran.

Although Verdonk's party the VVD is a party I have often given my vote too, including the last general elections (for the well known Ayaan Hirsi Ali), I think she has gone totally over the edge in her treatment of naturalisations, immigrations and asylumseekers, but just as all other governing parties they suffered a great loss at yesterday's elections.

If I'm not mistaken, there are international asylee laws that state that if anyone is fleeing their country of origin due to credible fear of persecution or death (among other things), they are eligible for asylum.

03-08-2006, 02:37 PM	#3
Chase USER INFO » Status: Wound Up Posts: 1,160 Joined: Oct 2004 Currently: Offline	Re: Being gay no grounds for asylum in Holland Quote: (Originally Posted by RalphyS) Well our secretary for these issues Rita Verdonk is a bit coocoo lately. Not only she wants to send gays back to Iran, but also Christians. And that to a state were gay sex could be punished with the death penalty and outspoken Christianity is also a very dangerous thing. Luckily there was lots of political debate lately, due to yesterday's national city council elections and the spokesmen and -women of most if not all parties, even the one that Verdonk herself is a member of, told outloud that it was out of the question that gays would be send back to Iran. Although Verdonk's party the VVD is a party I have often given my vote too, including the last general elections (for the well known Ayaan Hirsi Ali), I think she has gone totally over the edge in her treatment of naturalisations, immigrations and asylumseekers, but just as all other governing parties they suffered a great loss at yesterday's elections. If I'm not mistaken, there are international asylee laws that state that if anyone is fleeing their country of origin due to credible fear of persecution or death (among other things), they are eligible for asylum.