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Agree to grant asylum to refugees fleeing anti-gay persecution in Chechnya.

Submitted on Friday 14th April 2017

Rejected on Wednesday 19th April 2017

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)

Petition Action

Agree to grant asylum to refugees fleeing anti-gay persecution in Chechnya.

Petition Details

Over a hundred men suspected of being gay have been abducted, tortured and some even killed in the southern Russian republic of Chechnya.

The British government have condemned what is happening, but haven't given a clear indication they're willing to take in refugees. They should do so now.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

In accordance with international obligations, a well-founded fear of persecution on account of sexual orientation or gender identity is already one of the grounds on which asylum can be granted. It is not clear what further action you would like the UK Government or Parliament to take.

If you would like the UK Government to offer automatic asylum to LGBT people from Russia, you might like to sign this petition instead:

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/194815

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