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Thanks for your input (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (8 children)

Hi there, disabled American here.

Any chance I can seek aslyum in the EU or Canada when Trump/Elon cuts off my disability payments, thus leaving me to die, starving and homeless?

[–] Damionsipher 26 points 5 days ago (6 children)

I hope so - asylum usually needs to be filed from a political persecution perspective, but probably worth looking into what paperwork you would need to prove your need for asylum now.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Oh, well I don't have much paperwork left, beyond a pdf of my SSDI payments.

Got assaulted, maimed, lost my job, got evicted, lost everything, ended up homeless for about a year.

Somehow managed to get my social security card and drivers liscense replaced after my wallet got stolen for the third time, roughed it untill I got SSDI payments instated, had to take a greyhound halfway across the country to find a shit tier motel turned 'apartment complex' willing to let me rent, that I could afford.

The job that I lost was being a data analyst, db admin, webdev, etc for the largest non profit in Seattle ... that served and housed the homeless community.

They didn't give a fuck about myself becoming homeless, despite me personally knowing half the people that man the phones, despite myself having overhauled the online application for assistance process.

... So anyway, yeah I don't have any paperwork anymore, beyond debt collectors harassing me for bills run up on my stolen credit cards.

[–] Damionsipher 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/campaigns/claiming-asylum.html?utm_campaign=ircc-ircc-safe-and-orderly-migration&utm_source=ggl&utm_medium=sem&utm_content=ad-text-en&adv=2425-675252&utm_term=seeking+asylum+in+canada&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA8Lu9BhA8EiwAag16b6LOjOTRtO5U-ONr2JZ-1jG3qY3HzZA9vIko_osgAX5db3KHgnDyQBoCoTkQAvD_BwE I don't think you could be considered for asylum in Canada as of yet. Generally, you need to be facing persecution from your state, which personal suffering within a state does not quite qualify. I'm not aware of any country that accepts refugees on the basis that the country being fled does not provide housing or healthcare. Not saying we ought not, but that is the truth of asylum systems.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Guess I'll die, then.

Its taken me over a solid year of doing my own PT everyday to be able to kind of walk for more than 30 minutes without screaming pain.

I dunno, for Canada, I've got two bachelors degreea that might help count toward the points system thing as a highly qualified worker, but last time I looked at the scoresheet, wasn't enough... and I can still only type in short bursts before my right hand and wrist are in agony, so I can't do any serious computer work, and now I have a 2+ year gap in my job history.

Again, if SSDI gets cut off for me, I will just die.

SNAP is already getting curtailed... and if you don't have an address, because you have no home, because you have no income, you can't apply for SNAP.

So I'll starve, as all the homeless shelters are already at max capacity, and most don't allow you to stay inside all day, who cares if it's a blizzard or a heat wave.

[–] Damionsipher 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

America is quickly becoming a 3rd world nation. Person to person I am sorry for your circumstance and hope some semblance of social services still exist there in the coming months and years.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I know that you mean a "shithole" country, but I think 2nd world country is more accurate here

[–] Vinstaal0 2 points 4 days ago

Pretty sure America was never really a first world country, it just seemed that way

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