{"id":14701,"date":"2026-08-20T22:08:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T22:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=14701"},"modified":"2026-08-20T22:08:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T22:08:33","slug":"new-uk-govt-booklet-tells-asylum-seekers-rape-and-child-sex-abuse-are-illegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=14701","title":{"rendered":"New UK govt booklet tells asylum-seekers rape and child sex abuse are illegal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133387819,imgsize-572448,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/uk.jpg\" alt=\"New UK govt booklet tells asylum-seekers rape and child sex abuse are illegal\" title=\"UK asylum guide spells out laws on consent, child sex, domestic abuse and harassment\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"UK asylum guide spells out laws on consent, child sex, domestic abuse and harassment\">UK asylum guide spells out laws on consent, child sex, domestic abuse and harassment<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>LONDON: The UK home office has published a series of posters and a booklet for asylum-seekers informing them that the \u201claws and customs here may be different from your home country\u201d, that \u201csex without consent is rape\u201d, sex with a child is a serious crime, and approaching someone repeatedly if they are not interested is \u201charassment\u201d.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>The pamphlet, \u201cUnderstanding Behaviours and Expectations in the UK\u201d, informs asylum-seekers that women in the UK can work, study, choose who to marry, wear what they want, travel, and make their own decisions, without needing permission from a man.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>It tells them they must never \u201cphysically or verbally abuse or control\u201d their family or partner, and that in the UK \u201cthe law is clear and strict: both people must agree to sex or sexual contact of any kind\u201d, and \u201cif someone is asleep, drunk, or unable to respond, they cannot consent\u201d.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>The guide informs asylum-seekers that \u201canyone under the age of 16 is considered a child and cannot legally agree to have sex\u201d. \u201cEven if they look older, or it is allowed in another country, you must never have sex with anyone under 16,\u201d it says.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>It comes after Ethiopian Hadush Kebatu, staying at an asylum hotel, was deported after sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl, telling her it was normal to marry children \u201cin his country\u201d.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>A poster warns asylum-seekers never to leave a child alone, nor to physically hurt a child, and that female genital mutilation is illegal. Another says it is illegal to hurt your partner or family, which includes \u201chitting, pushing or any physical violence\u201d.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>Conservative shadow home secretary Chris Philp said: \u201cThis tells us all we need to know about the kind of people illegally entering our country. Illegal and legal immigrants are coming from places and societies where attitudes towards women are completely incompatible with Western society. <!-- -->It seems like every day there is another report of an illegal immigrant raping or assaulting women and girls here.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>UK PM Andy Burnham defended the booklet, saying it was important to \u201cmake explicitly clear what the UK law and societal norms are\u201d.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>A total of 93,525 people claimed asylum in the UK in the year ending March 2026. The top five nationalities were from Pakistan, Eritrea, Iran, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/uk\/new-uk-govt-booklet-tells-asylum-seekers-rape-and-child-sex-abuse-are-illegal\/articleshow\/133387181.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK asylum guide spells out laws on consent, child sex, domestic abuse and harassment LONDON: The UK home office has published a series of posters and a booklet for asylum-seekers informing them that the \u201claws and customs here may be different from your home country\u201d, that \u201csex without consent is rape\u201d, sex with a child 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