About Rainbow Railroad

RainbowRailroad is an international organization, registered in Canada and the United States, whose mission is to provide solutions for individuals in immediate danger of persecution or violence amidst the global refugee crisis. In partnership with a global networkof LGBTQI+ organizations and human rights defenders, we support individuals experiencing violence with temporary relocation assistance to get them out of harm’s way, and where necessary, permanent resettlement solutions. RainbowRailroad has assisted over 7,600 LGBTQI+ individuals at risksince its founding in 2006, including nearly 1,500 persons supported through emergency relocation assistance to safe(r) countries. Since 2019, RainbowRailroad has partnered with more than 50 organizations globally engaged in work with the LGBTQI+ community.

RainbowRailroad is well positioned to identify Ugandans for urgent resettlement. Since 2017, RainbowRailroad has supported 1198 individuals from Uganda through various programs, including supporting 44 people in Uganda with crisis response. Our trusted relationships with underground collectives, unregistered groups, and LGBTQI+ rights defenders give RainbowRailroad unique access to global networks of vulnerable individuals facing persecution based on their sexual orientation, gender identity, and sexcharacteristics.

1 Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) [Canada], SC 2001, c. 27, 1 November 2001

2 House of Commons, “Government Response to the Report of the House Of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration Entitled LGBTQ+ At RiskAbroad: Canada’s Call to Action,”June 2017, https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42-1/CIMM/report-12/response-8512-421-264.

3 “TemporaryResident Permits (TRPs): Background and purpose,”Government of Canada, last modified April 10, 2015, https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugeescitizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/temporary-residents/permits/background-purpose.html.

4 “Temporaryresident permits (TRPs): Eligibilityand assessment,”Government of Canada, last modified June 28, 2019, https://www.canada.ca/en/immigrationrefugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/temporary-residents/permits/eligibility-assessment.html.

5 IRCC, Evaluation of TemporaryResident Permits, November 2016, https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/reports-statistics/evaluations/ temporary-resident-permits-2016.html#itm-0-b.

6 Marco E. L. Mendicino, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, 2019 Annual Report to Parliament on Immigration, 2020, Annex2, Table 2, p.35, https:// www.canada.ca/content/dam/ircc/migration/ircc/english/pdf/pub/annual-report-2019.pdf.