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• fxomt@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Getting citizenship is hard, (even asylum is turned down often). You need a stable job in that country, and above average skills to prove your worth. If not, you’ll be deported back.

  You also need to stay in that country for [upto] 10 years.

  And you have to leave everything behind, your culture, your family, and your friends. It would be too dangerous to go back. And they might not even accept you, immigration is brutal.

  Even after you become a citizen, many people will never truly accept you as your own, and see you as an immigrant, never as a citizen.

  And Saudi Arabia is well known to harass, spy on, and even kill dissidents. There was a scandal with twitter, where the Sauds bought up large amounts of stocks, then ordered 3,000 Saudi dissident’s private info. Even in other countries you aren’t safe.

  And money. You need money. A shit ton of it.

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  • Forester@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Just my 2 cents but it’s better to be seen as an immigrant in the wide world than to be seen as a threat to the kingdom in SA. Most middle eastern immigrants in the US do very well as long as they respect the social fabric they integrate into.

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    • fxomt@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      True, but it’s still annoying how it’s a lose lose situation for me anyway. I’d rather be seen as abnormal than killed.

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• roguetrick@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Who’s giving you asylum exactly for “I’m from Saudi Arabia”? A refugee camp in North Africa if you’re lucky?

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  • fxomt@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Believe it or not, it’s possible. If you’re gay, atheist or a whistleblower you are eligible for asylum. But you’re right that just being born in Saudi isn’t a free ticket to Berlin.

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    • roguetrick@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      The trick is actually presenting yourself and getting them to believe you though I’d bet.

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  • robocall@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I know a Saudi in the United States that got asylum because they are gay.

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    • fxomt@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      If I may ask, how was their experience applying for asylum? And what do they think of the US as a place to live?

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      • robocall@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I think they chose to request asylum in the US. They are part of the gay community here. They only provided a short, funny version of their asylum experience, claiming they told whoever that they are very gay, and we’re granted asylum.

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    • rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      The next four years will likely make things more and more difficult for anyone trying to immigrate to the US, asylum or otherwise.

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