From IRQR's website:

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"International Railroad for Queer Refugees (IRQR)'s mission is to relieve poverty for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual (LGBT) refugees living in Turkey by providing the basic necessities of life; and to undertake activities ancillary and incidental to the attainment of the above charitable purpose.

 

Project Bolster & Assist

Since January 2016, IRQR conducts regular workshops for refugees in different Turkish cities and facilitates the exchange of local-condition information to strengthen the knowledge shared throughout the underground queer railroad and strengthen the LGBT Iranian activist network worldwide. Through these workshops and direct communication with asylum seekers, IRQR documents testimonials of the persecution conducted by the Iranian/Afghan regime against LGBT persons. These testimonials are used in public awareness campaigns sponsored by IRQR.

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Refugee Program

The IRQR helps each refugee with his/her asylum claim by meeting with the refugee, explaining the process for asserting the claim, discussing his/her situation, documenting that situation in support of the claim, helping the refugee to complete the paperwork required to make a claim, and responding to the UNHCR’s questions and comments about the claim, including collecting and submitting follow-up information requested by the UNHCR. The IRQR also assists those refugees whose claims are granted and who are referred to Canada for resettlement with completing the immigration application forms that the refugees must submit to immigration officers at the Canadian Embassy in Turkey.

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Since IRQR was registered as a charity in Canada, they are able to provide assistance not only to Iranian LGBT refugees but those from Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and other Middle Eastern countries."

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Visit their  website  to learn more about this great organization!