The Home Office has been warned that dozens of “bogus gay asylum seekers” are attempting to win the right to stay in Britain every day.
Veteran LGBT rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has warned that his charity is being contacted by as many as 30 “fake homosexuals” every single day – who he says are systematically seeking “evidence” they are gay to remain in the UK.
Small donations from Pakistani men to the Peter Tatchell Foundation have soared in a bid to secure membership cards or “proof of homosexuality” – and he told the Daily Mail he was forced to write to Home Office immigration chief Joanna Rowland in January as a result.
“It has come to our attention that some asylum applications from South Asia have referenced the Peter Tatchell Foundation in support of their claims to secure asylum,” he wrote.
The Home Office has been warned that dozens of ‘bogus gay asylum seekers’ are attempting to win the right to stay in Britain
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“For the past 18 months, we have noticed almost daily donations of less than £3, sometimes as many as 30 in a single day.
“It is apparent many of these donors are likely asylum applicants. We have also received emails from some of these ‘donors’ requesting membership cards or letters for their asylum applications.”
Tatchell told the newspaper: “Of the hundreds of genuine refugees the Peter Tatchell Foundation has helped secure asylum, I am not aware any have been exposed as fraudulent.
“The people we help have gone on to become model members of the community, contributing to the UK economy.
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Small donations from Pakistani men to the Peter Tatchell Foundation have soared in a bid to secure membership cards
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“Any suspicious requests for help are promptly investigated and blocked.
“These waves of 15-30 small donations raised our concerns. They correspond to people who soon afterwards request membership cards and letters of support for asylum claims.”
The Home Office said in response: “We take all claims of abuse of the immigration system extremely seriously, and where found, we will robustly challenge it.”
In Pakistan, homosexual activity between men is criminalised – with a maximum penalty of life in prison.
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