US Transgender Woman Returns Home After Failed Dutch Asylum Bid - DutchNews.nl
Arc said she feared anti-trans hostility at the overcrowded center, where 76 Americans sought asylum in the Netherlands in 2025.
- Jane-Michelle Arc, a software engineer from California, returned to the United States after failing to secure asylum in the Netherlands without a residence permit.
- Arc fled the United States in April 2025 citing fears for her safety as a transgender woman following a Trump administration executive order that rolled back protections.
- Housed at the Ter Apel reception centre, Arc described conditions as "dire" and reported rising violence, including two stabbings, made it too unsafe to walk to a grocery store.
- The Immigration and Naturalisation Service rejected her claim, treating the United States as a safe country; in 2025, 76 Americans claimed asylum in the Netherlands, yet zero of 60 adjudicated cases resulted in residence permits.
- Estimates suggest 35 to 50 other transgender asylum seekers from the United States were in the Netherlands, and like Arc, others including Lisa Gayle Carter-Stewart faced automatic rejections despite similar safety concerns.
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