I want to mention three things about the asylum claim process. Even if your refugee claim is denied upon review of your file because you are an LGBT person, the HCR can still plead your case and help you find a third country if you were deemed an asylum seeker, even if you were not granted refugee status.
On the other hand, the HCR cannot appeal to the police or the prime minister's office to grant you asylum seeker or refugee status. We have already negotiated with the HCR about that. We have a number of witnesses, like those nine LGBT refugees who left Kenya, Burundi and Rwanda, and who have had a lot of problems recently. Six or seven months ago, some of them were arrested, others were beaten up and harassed and their rights were violated. It was a disaster. We pleaded their case to the HCR, which tried to negotiate with the prime minister, but that has been to no avail as of yet.