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Persecuted for his sexuality and rejected by his family, Assane, who asked to use a pseudonym, left Senegal to find a new home in France seven months ago.

In March, his home country approved a law to double prison sentences for same-sex relations, amid a crackdown on the LGBTQ+ community.

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