Home Office refused thousands of LGBTQ asylum claims, figures reveal

«culture of disbelief» excludes at least 3,100 nationals from countries outlawing same-sex acts.

The UK Home Office has refused at least 3,100 asylum claims from lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) nationals from countries where consensual same-sex acts are criminalised.

At least 1,197 LGBTQ Pakistanis were refused asylum after making a claim for protection on grounds of sexual orientation between 2016 and 2018, according to an analysis by the Liberal Democrats of figures published by the Home Office. A further 640 LGBTQ Bangladeshis and 389 Nigerians had their claims on the same grounds refused during the period theguardian.com reveals.