HELP ROYA NOT GETTING DEPORTED! - TRANS QUEER REFUGEE AID

URGENT FUNDRAISER FOR TRANS QUEER REFUGEE LEGAL EXPENSES

Hello friends, family, and strangers!

First of all, thank you so much for clicking on this link—we really need your help!

For those of you who don’t know it already, Röya is a 21 yrs old immigrant trans woman from Azerbaijan, currently facing a terrible situation of systemic injustice and she’s in URGENT need of help!

Azerbaijan is a country riddled by war and violence, especially towards queer people.

As if growing up hearing the sounds of rockets wasn’t enough, her life is currently hanging by a thread.

She’ s been living in The Netherlands from 3 years, where she’s been finally free to express her gender identity, but her Visa to stay in EU is about to expire in October & she needs to face very high legal expenses in order to not get deported, risking her life back home.

Although she works full-time as a waitress, the cost of these legal expenses is incredibly high we do really need your help to be able to not get her deported and keep her safe in Europe.

Every grain of sand is incredibly helpful in this extremely difficult time!

Azerbaijan is an extremely unsafe place for queer and trans individuals : ILGA-Europe has ranked the country as the worst state (49 out of 49) in Europe for LGBTQ+ folks, not only for its total absence of legal protection, but also for the active violence enforced by the state on trans people, which targets and persecutes and blackmails queer folks.

Beside the terrible state repression, queer and trans people face every single day high rates of physical violence, harassment and discrimination.

Unfortunately, that’s not even the worst part.

Azerbaijan is a country actively in war, who forces all able bodied amab people between the age of 18 and 35 to mandatory military conscription.

This means that if she gets deported, she will be forced to join the military and, even worst, she risks to be arrested, since as she’s abroad, the azeri authorities would consider her as a defector that has been avoiding military service.

Military prisons aren’t known for being safe places, especially for trans women, especially in violent and homophobic countries that are actively taking part in military conflicts.

As you can imagine, her situation back home is extremely terrifying and unsafe : that’s why she needs to try her best to stay safe here in EU, navigating tons of bureaucracy and paperwork with the help of skilled lawyers.

The system we live in makes refugees' and trans’ people 's lives impossible : no one should go through this just because they’re born in a certain country, or they’re queer.

OUR GOAL IS TO RAISE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO PAY IMMIGRATION LAWYERS AND FOR APPLYING TO THE PAPERWORK NEEDED TO NOT GET HER DEPORTED.

IN SUCH A DANGEROUS SITUATION, EVEN THE SMALLEST HELP COUNTS : as an immigrant without any community support abroad and in an extremely vulnerable situation, your help would mean the world!

Please, donate now and help a trans sibling out!