難民不認定取り消し　同性愛「逮捕の恐れ」―アフリカ北部の男性・大阪地裁

　同性愛者であることを理由に母国で迫害される恐れがあるとして、アフリカ北部出身で近畿地方に住む３０代男性が、難民不認定処分の取り消しを求めた訴訟の判決が４日、大阪地裁であった。徳地淳裁判長（三木裕之裁判長代読）は「帰国すれば逮捕や訴追の恐れがある」とし、処分を取り消した。
　原告弁護団によると、性的少数者（ＬＧＢＴなど）が迫害の恐れがあることを理由に裁判で難民認定されたのは全国で２例目という。（2024/07/04-18:00）

Osaka District Court on Thursday revoked a decision by immigration authorities not to grant a refugee status to a gay man from North Africa at risk of persecution in his home country.
   "If he returns home, he may be arrested or prosecuted," Presiding Judge Atsushi Tokuchi said, backing the plaintiff in his 30s living in the Kinki western Japan region.
   According to his lawyers, this is the second case in Japan in which a sexual minority has been recognized as a refugee in a lawsuit, due to the threat of persecution.
   The man came to Japan in December 2019 and applied for refugee status the following month. But the Osaka Regional Immigration Services Bureau decided not to grant him the status in February 2021.
   The man began the suit in July 2022, claiming that same-sex sexual intercourse is punishable by imprisonment under the criminal law of his home country and that he could be killed by his family because of his sexual orientation.