Tag: asylum seeker
Asylum seeker ‘was asked to provide intimate photos to prove she was gay’
Skhumbuzo Khumalo fled Zimbabwe, where homosexuality is illegal, after fearing for her life, only to be subjected to ‘degrading’ treatment on arrival in the UK.
Gay Albanian asylum seeker’s right to stay in UK ‘beggars belief’, fumes UKIP councillor
A jailed Albanian asylum seeker is set to be allowed to remain in the UK because he is gay – even though his home country’s government has introduced laws protecting homosexuals from persecution.
EU Court: verification sexual orientation asylum seeker must not infringe fundamental rights
Yesterday, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that authorities, when verifying the sexual orientation of an asylum seeker, should always comply with the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights.