Stop Home Office sending LGBT asylum seekers back to Afghanistan

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Stop Home Office sending LGBT asylum seekers back to Afghanistan

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New government guidelines state that gay Afghans seeking asylum can be deported to Afghanistan and must pretend to be straight.
This contradicts UN guidelines which state LGBT people should not be required to change/conceal their identity to avoid persecution.
We ask the government to repeal this.

Additional Information

Guardian: Deported gay Afghans told to ‘pretend to be straight’ (February 2017) https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/feb/25/afghanistan-gay-asylum-seekers-home-office-illegal-homosexuality

Home Office: Country Policy and Information Note (January 2017) Afghanistan: Sexual orientation and
gender identity https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/584025/Afghanistan_-_SOGI_-_CPIN_-__January_2017_.pdf

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