PRESS RELEASE
Transgender People Are Escaping The UK, Says Dutch NGO
Enschede, Netherlands, 30/04/2025
Contact information: contact@transrescue.org
Trans Rescue, a Netherlands-based refugee NGO, has seen a 40-fold increase in British transgender people seeking to escape hate in the United Kingdom following the recent Supreme Court case that invalidated their human rights.
Anne Ogborn, Director, Trans Rescue, said: “ We have been concerned for a long time about the climate of fear and hate stoked in the UK media and government by anti-trans forces. The Supreme Court decision however changes conditions from vilification to danger. British trans people are fleeing. The United Kingdom has shamefully joined the list with Yemen and Afghanistan as a source of refugees. “.
After Brexit, the options available when leaving the UK have decreased significantly. European countries are already preparing for transgender refugees fleeing the United States, now they must also accommodate British transgender refugees.
About Trans Rescue:
Trans Rescue is a Dutch NGO that helps trans, intersex, and genderqueer people escape from places where being trans is dangerous, using the 1951 UN Refugee Convention.
To date we have directly extracted about 165 people, and helped many thousands more with help and advice on escaping hate.
We do so legally and securely. Our passengers move by normal air or train travel, not in containers. Our passengers present valid papers at border controls.
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