AsylumConnect: Tech Resource Platform For LGBTQ+ Asylum Seekers in Mexico

AsylumConnect has launched a custom version of its free lifesaving technology in Mexico. The nonprofit organization provides the world's first tech resource platform designed to facilitate the safe navigation of those fleeing persecution due to their sexual orientation or gender identity. AsylumConnect had previously been available in the United States and Canada.

"People fleeing persecution due to LGBTQ+ status cannot wait safely in Mexico without trusted information on their local options. Our free, on-demand technology can now connect LGBTQ+ asylum seekers, undocumented immigrants and other queer people in need with verified affirming services in Mexico such as free lawyers, community centers, support groups, doctors, and housing to ensure their survival," said Katie Sgarro, AsylumConnect co-founder and executive director.

LGBTQ+ asylum seekers and other marginalized LGBTQ+ people use AsylumConnect's free resource website and mobile app to find verified safe LGBTQ+ affirming and immigrant friendly legal, medical, mental health and social services in seconds, 24/7. Lawyers also use the free technology to efficiently gather verified client referrals.

Since launching in 2016, AsylumConnect's free technology has connected over 28,000 users to verified LGBTQ+ and immigrant friendly services in the United States. The organization now hopes to facilitate the safe navigation of LGBTQ+ people resettling in Mexico, traveling through Mexico or waiting at the Mexican border to seek asylum in the U.S.