@SuellaBraverman interviewed by @AnushkaAsthana for @itvpeston continues to repeat highly inaccurate starlets on gay men, and women, gaining asylum solely on the basis of discrimination.

Reference to the original intentions of the framers of the 1951 REFUGEE CONVENTION (omitting the amendments via the 1967 PROTOCOL to address the international protection needs of Palestinian Refugees) - our UK Supreme Court in HJ (Iran) [2010] UKSC 31 made clear the High Contracting Parties - some did not believe homosexuality existed - “This was manifest nonsense” (Lord Hope), para 2.

The UK DOES NOT GRANT ASYLUM SOLELY ON THE BASIS OF BEING GAY, A WOMAN, OR SOLELY ON DISCRIMINATION.

Our Court of Appeal in 2009 (OO (Sudan) and JM (Uganda) [2009] EWCA Civ. 1432 made clear the threshold is high “sufficiently serious violations”. [21](See earlier tweets)

Home Secretary - Reference to Operationally we are seeing MANY PRETENDING TO BE GAY to get SPECIAL TREATMENT- NO @ukhomeoffice EVIDENCE Cited.

72% of LGB initial decisions in 2022 resulted in a POSITIVE GRANT of REFUGEE STATUS. Approx 50% of negative decisions are overturned on appeal before the Tribunals/Courts.



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Note: 72% grant of refugee status or other form of leave to remain in 2022 - an increase from 44% in 2019. The @ukhomeoffice evidence contradicts @SuellaBraverman statement , as FEWER individuals are refused at initial decision stage. Within the 28% of refusal decisions will include positive acceptance of claimed sexual identity, but a negative decision on risk on return.



* inaccurate statements not starlets