Where to find hope of escape: In Kenya or South Sudan?
Rainbow over South Sudan, photo taken by Nakafeero . Ugandan LGBTQ-refugees in Kenya are facing a dilemma: Should they stay in the Kakuma camp, with no hope for resettlement or should they go to the Gorom camp in South Sudan, which seems to give them hope of resettlement in more LGBTQ-friendly countries. By Per Koch, Oslo, Norway Nakafeero and her around 90 LGBTQ refugees have spent years in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. They tell horrifying stories about how they was treated in Uganda. Nakafeero herself lost her sister and mother to the local homophobic mob. You might say that they chose to go to Kenya of their own free will, and that they are also free to leave. Which is all true - on paper. You may leave a refugee camp. But where do you go? As long as you are a refugee you do not have the rights of regular citizens, as in to settle down, get a job, find a new home or do any of the things free citizens take for granted. Hate crimes in the refugee camps Nakafeero with food funde