As we celebrate two asylum victories in a single day (one of them in record time!), I thought it was interesting to see this piece on Maclean.com about how Facebook is now being used in Canada to help with LGBT asylum cases:

Facebook, the popular online social network, is being used as a tool by some claimants to help prove their sexual orientation to immigration officials in Canada.

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“A refugee claimant may not have (typical) documentation to support their claim” and individuals may have to be more resourceful in their submissions, says Hawkins.