The UK government has been accused of persecuting LBGTI asylum seekers by deporting them to homophobic countries and telling them to 'act straight' in order to stay safe. SNP MP Joanna Cherry, addressing Prime Minister Theresa May during Prime Minister's Questions, alleged that the Home Office deported gay people to countries like Afghanistan, Iran and Cameroon and told them to deny themselves an openly LGBT life. May responded by not answering Cherry's question directly and instead insisting that the Home Office treats cases with 'the sensitivity that is appropriate'.
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UK: Gay Asylum Seekers Deported to Unsafe Countries and Told to 'Act Straight'
The UK government has been accused of persecuting LBGTI asylum seekers by deporting them to homophobic countries and telling them to 'act straight' in order to stay safe. SNP MP Joanna Cherry, addressing Prime...
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