In a low-income neighbourhood on the outskirts of Nairobi, seven people gather in an air-conditioned home around a dinner table for a Ugandan stew of matoke bananas with peanut sauce. Like many locals, most of them wear beaded bracelets with the flag of Kenya, or of their native Uganda. But Anne, who requested their real name not be published to protect their safety, is wearing a bracelet with the flag of Canada. Anne, who uses gender-neutral pronouns, has been trying to reach Canada for more than six years. A private sponsorship group in Vancouver is prepared to help resettle Anne and their two children, but since 2018 Kenya has refused to grant the interview required for them to receive refugee status.