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9 April 2013
UK: Lesbian asylum seeker due to be deported to Uganda on Wednesday 19 An asylum seeker who claims she is at risk of homophobic persecution is due to be deported to Uganda on Wednesday evening.
9 April 2013
Ugandan asylum seeker freed from Bedfordshire detention centre + A Ugandan female asylum seeker, who campaigners claim was raped by her father, has been freed from a detention centre in Bedfordshire.
29 March 2013
Ugandan asylum seeker has Heathrow deportation flight cancelled 9 The deportation flight of a female asylum seeker to Uganda has been cancelled with just hours to spare against Friday’s deadline.
28 March 2013
UK Border Agency accused of trying to deport Ugandan female rape victim 3 Human rights campaigners have once again accused the UK Border Agency (UKBA) of trying to deport a vulnerable female asylum seeker to Uganda.
5 March 2013
Malawian asylum seeker who claimed of being at risk of homophobic persecution deported from UK 15 An asylum seeker from Malawi, who claimed he was at risk of homophobic persecution and said that the authorities in Malawi are looking to punish him for the actions of his father in the killing of a religious leader, has now been deported from the UK.
6 February 2013
Human rights lawyer: ‘LGBT asylum seekers feel pressured to film sex to prove their sexuality’ 13 A leading human rights lawyer has criticised the UK Border Agency for subjecting LGBT asylum seekers to "inhuman and degrading" pressure to "prove" their sexual or gender identity.
29 January 2013
Sweden: Married Ugandan men victims of ‘lottery’ asylum system 7 A gay Ugandan couple were separated in 2008 when one was forced to flee to Sweden.
9 January 2013
Student activist forced to justify sexuality in asylum case 14 A member of the NUS Black Students’ Campaign Committee is to be brought before a hearing on his asylum in the UK, and has been asked to "prove" his sexuality.
17 July 2012
Sweden: Trans asylum seeker’s partner to be deported to Russia 9 Russian trans asylum seeker, Lita, who is currently in hiding somewhere in Sweden, narrowly escaped being caught last week.
28 June 2012
German court tells lesbian asylum seeker to hide identity in Iran 23 A German court rejected the asylum application of Samira Ghorbani Danesh, an Iranian lesbian refugee who fled Iran in 2009, with the justification that she can hide her homosexuality in Iran and avoid criminal penalties.
1 June 2012
Feature: Is South Africa failing gay asylum seekers? 10 With South Africa facing a flood of LGBT refugees from all over the African continent, a creaking asylum system is exposing them to corruption, homophobia and the risk of attack.
5 May 2012
Gay man’s deportation to Cameroon halted 42 The deportation of a man to Cameroon, who describes himself as gay, has been stopped, the BBC reports, after he refused to board a flight from London to Paris.
24 April 2012
Analysis: Sweden to deport trans woman assaulted and urinated on by Russian police 26 As a Russian trans woman prepares to return to violence or worse if she is expelled from Sweden later this week, the latter country’s reputation as a less than welcoming place for the trans community is once more in the spotlight.
13 March 2012
Consultation seeks views on draft LGBT asylum protections 2 A consultation on the international protection of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex refugees and asylum seekers has been launched today.
28 February 2012
Free HIV treatment for foreign nationals in England welcomed 281 A move to allow some overseas visitors in Enland to receive free treatment for HIV in the same way as other communicable infections has been welcomed.
19 August 2011
Ugandan asylum seeker wins reprieve 17 A Ugandan asylum seeker who says he will face homophobic persecution if returned home has been permitted to make a fresh appeal.
16 August 2011
Supporters launch petition for Ugandan asylum seeker 12 Supporters of a Ugandan asylum seeker have launched a petition to call for him to be allowed to remain in the UK.
21 July 2011
UK Border Agency begins recording gay asylum claims 5 The government says the UK Border Agency has begun collecting data on the numbers of asylum claims based on sexual orientation.
12 July 2011
Lib Dem MP says Home Office appears ‘institutionally homophobic’ on asylum 27 A Liberal Democrat MP has accused the Home Office and the UK Border Agency of appearing "institutionally homophobic" in cases of gay asylum seekers.
6 July 2011
Lesbian asylum seeker wins right to stay in UK 6 A lesbian asylum seeker from Jamaica has been granted the right to stay in the UK after immigration judges ruled that she could face persecution if sent home.

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