A 17-year-old transgender Russian female passed away Saturday at a refugee camp in the Netherlands, according to the LGBT Asylum Support company, which helps LGBTQ+ asylum seekers.Alisa Serova passed away after an alleged drug overdose, the company stated, including that she had been left alone and lacked access to hormonal agent treatment or psychological care at the shelter.
She was likewise unable to call her caseworker at the center for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, the group said.On the day of her death, other refugees at the camp signaled personnel at the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA) that Serova was hardly breathing.
An ambulance was called just after a second check, by which time she was probably already dead, according to LGBT Asylum Support.The media outlet VotTak reported that Serova never regained awareness and died in intensive care.A fellow resident at the camp informed VotTak that Serova was housed in a section where minors were not supposed to stay and that she had confided thoughts of suicide the day before her overdose.
Another citizen, likewise speaking anonymously, stated Serova had problem with the language barrier.Unconfirmed reports claimed Serova had actually been raped at the camp when she was 16, during her first month there.At least 6 LGBTQ+ Russians have actually died in Dutch refugee camps given that the start of the war in Ukraine, VotTak reported.
Among the most current cases was the death of Antonina Babkina, a transgender Russian lady who had looked for asylum in the Netherlands.