On March 26, German authorities attempted to deport an open lesbian to Russia, who had lived in Ukraine until 2022 but holds a Russian passport. Human rights activists managed to intercept the woman halfway to Russia, when she was waiting at a Moroccan airport to connect with a direct flight. In the end, she was allowed to leave for a third country. The Insider spoke with Anna (name changed) about how the deportation process unfolded — from the police coming to her apartment door to the attempted expulsion, which was stopped at the Moroccan airport.
“On March 18, I came to BAMF to apply for asylum on new grounds. But they didn’t accept it, saying that the first case was not yet completed and they would not accept it. And on March 25 at 6:30 in the morning, they were already standing at the door with deportation documents,” Anna says.
She filed her first asylum application in April 2022, stating that she lived in Ukraine but not stating that she was a lesbian, as there was no ban on LGBTQ+ in Russia at the time. This application was rejected in November 2024, but Anna appealed the decision.
“There were police and three other people at the door of our apartment – representatives of the Kreisverwaltung and BAMF. They took me to the police station to await the trial, scheduled for the same day.
And while we were sitting there, these three representatives were sitting on their phones, exchanging messages, laughing and looking at me. I felt incredibly uncomfortable. I realized that they were laughing at me. I asked completely normal questions: “What will happen next?”, “Why are we sitting here?”, “When will the plane leave?”, “How will all this happen?”. They answered very coldly and with disdain: “On Thursday. In the evening.”
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Additional information:
- Germany deported to Russia a lesbian who lived in Ukraine and asked for German asylum. Human rights activists managed to intercept her in Morocco
- German authorities tried to deport a lesbian who fled Ukraine to Russia via Africa
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