Japan’s immigration authorities have granted a lesbian Ugandan girl refugee standing after a court docket dominated in favor of her.
The girl acquired a certificates of recognition as a refugee and a residence card on the Osaka Regional Immigration Services Bureau on Wednesday.
The Ugandan nationwide in her 30s says she was arrested by police in her nation for being a lesbian and topic to violence, which left her with critical accidents. She fled to Japan three years in the past.
However, her request for refugee standing was rejected and he or she was ordered to depart Japan. She then filed a lawsuit in search of the standing.
Last month, the Osaka District Court ordered the Japanese authorities to acknowledge her as a refugee.
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