UK Home Office Issues 9-Page Asylum Guide on Consent and FGM Laws
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Updated · UnHerd · Aug 20
UK Home Office Issues 9-Page Asylum Guide on Consent and FGM Laws
3 articles · Updated · UnHerd · Aug 20
Summary
A new Home Office poster campaign tells asylum seekers that sexual comments to strangers can be harassment, both people must say yes to sex, and child neglect and female genital mutilation are crimes.
The guidance warns that breaking those laws can damage an asylum claim, extending a 9-page booklet issued a day earlier on respect, consent and gender equality in Britain.
The move amounts to an official acknowledgment that some new arrivals may need explicit instruction on UK rules governing women’s rights, sexual conduct and child protection.
The guidance has already drawn political backlash, with Conservatives and Reform UK arguing that asylum seekers who commit crimes should be deported rather than re-educated.