In Canada, NGO Rainbow Railroad sees rise in LGBT asylum requests from US

Many people from LGBT minorities who are persecuted in their own countries have found refuge in Canada. The NGO Rainbow Railroad, which supports threatened sexual and gender minorities around the world, helps them settle there. Since the beginning of the year, it has already received 8,500 requests for help. The NGO is particularly concerned about the worsening situation for minorities in the United States since Donald Trump’s return to the White House. It says that in June 2025, requests for assistance from the US increased tenfold from the previous year. FRANCE 24’s Joanne Profeta et François Rihouay report from Toronto, with Fraser Jackson.