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Asylum seekers ‘posing' as gay reminds me of my own immigration ordeal

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By Hein Htet
| MSN Singapore Verified
Continue reading Continue reading ‘Apart from your family, who else noticed you were behaving femininely?' ‘Were you in a gay relationship in Burma?' I had to wait 16 months for an asylum interview in the UK, because my life was at risk if I returned home, only to be asked these intrusive questions. It felt like a slap in the face.
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Asylum seekers ‘posing' as gay reminds me of my own immigration ordeal

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By Hein Htet
| MSN Malaysia Verified
‘Apart from your family, who else noticed you were behaving femininely?' ‘Were you in a gay relationship in Burma?' I had to wait 16 months for an asylum interview in the UK, because my life was at risk if I returned home, only to be asked these intrusive questions. It felt like a slap in the face. So when I saw a recent BBC investigation reveal that legal advisors were helping migrants get asylum by telling them to pretend to be gay, I felt deeply hurt remembering this interrogation.
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Asylum seekers ‘posing’ as gay reminds me of my own immigration ordeal

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By Hein Htet
| MSN UK Verified
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