While we're addressing refugee protection here, we have worked with cases where people leaving their home countries will actually increase their vulnerability. What we are recommending is a pathway whereby LGBTI people can use the existing private sponsorship pathway with Rainbow Refugee and other groups across the country to apply on humanitarian and compassionate grounds for protection by the Canadian government. The reason for this is that they may be leaving one country in which they're criminalized in order to seek refuge in another, and that increases their vulnerability. We are recommending a pathway whereby they can apply for humanitarian and compassionate status through private sponsorship means.
On July 19th, 2016. See this statement in context.