The Rainbow Refugee Association Of Nova Scotia: Refugee Sponsorship

Rainbow Refugee Dept: The Rainbow Refugee Association of Nova Scotia decided to set the wheels in motion after attending a presentation by a visiting activist in 2011, according to The Chronicle Herald. In more than eight countries, people are convicted by death for being gay or lesbian, but they are also just unable to find work, unable to support themselves, being beaten, just the whole gamut of human rights abuses, she said and a refugee sponsorship organization based in Halifax is hoping to become the first such group in the province to bring lesbian and gay refugees to Nova Scotia. Corrie Melanson, one of Rainbow Refugee s co-ordinators, said in many parts of the world, gay people are persecuted for their sexual orientation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.