A Cuban Gay Right’s Activist refugee’s story in Ecuador, no refugee status

minnpost.com reported…Ecuador is now home to the highest number of refugees in Latin America. But President Rafael Correa subsequently clamped down dramatically on the number of refugees being recognized and began revoking refugee status from some of those who had already received it.

Daniela Salazar, a refugee law professor at Universidad San Francisco de Quito, says that the changes in Ecuador’s refugee policies are a function of Correa’s foreign relations.

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In recent years, tens of thousands of Cubans have entered Ecuador, giving rise to a market for arranged marriages to secure a longterm visa. Many Cubans are presumably looking to earn a better living. But a great many others initially applied for political asylum, said Salazar, a number that dropped off considerably as Cubans grew discouraged by their dismal acceptance rate. Read Article