These women were lucky in that their asylum claims had a high public profile. Donald Trump himself publicly lobbied Australia to grant them asylum.
Trump had been deporting Iranian refugees back to Iran, including LGBTQ+ refugees, who face torture or death, as recently as last month.
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/iranians-lgbtq-asylum-deported/
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