"The lack of statistics means the government does not know whether gay and lesbian asylum seekers are still being deported to countries where they may face imprisonment, torture or execution. It is also unable to say whether new rules, brought in after a supreme court ruling that marked an end to Britain refusing asylum to gay men and lesbians on the grounds they could hide their sexuality by living discreetly, are being breached." - The Guardian

Britain's immigration ministers recently claimed that they do not know how many LGBTI refugees are given or denied ayslum, despite promising last year they would harder to lessen deportations of gays and lesbians at risk of persecution in their home countries.

Proving one's sexual orientation to an immigration minister is often one of the many difficulties faced by LGBTI asylees and asylum seekers. (ORAM recently challenged the Czech Republic's use of phallometry to differentiate LGBTI refugees from their heterosexual asylees).

Read more about LGBTI asylum seekers and asylees who have fallen through the cracks of Britain's immigration system.

(Source: The Guardian - UK)