By Tiziana Rinaldi“My heart shivered,” says Martins Akinbode-Busayo, 35, a Nigerian health worker who fled his country in 2015. In 2014, Nigeria passed a law that criminalized not just homosexuality, but also the organizations that support gay people. “I couldn’t sleep, I worried about what was going to happen.”Amaha Kassa is an immigration lawyer and founder of African Communities Together, a nonprofit that advocates for the rights of African immigrants. “African [immigrants] around the country are confused and upset by the rhetoric and the threats,” says Kassa, 43, who leads the group of nearly 2,000 members between New York and Washington, DC. Last year, African Communities Together and the Black Immigration Network, successfully campaigned for one final extension of the TPS status, which will now end in May 2017 for Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Source: GNN Liberia January 29, 2017 19:21 UTC