Scotland sends gay Syrian back for more abuse

Scotsman on Sunday:

A GAY asylum seeker has been refused permission to stay in Scotland and told he is likely to be safe in his homophobic homeland provided he behaves "discreetly".

Scotland on Sunday revealed earlier this year that Syrian Jojo Jako Yakob was battling to stay here after suffering horrific abuse because of his sexuality and political activities.

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In a judgment that has appalled gay rights campaigners, the tribunal suggests Yakob is unlikely to come to any harm so long as he keeps his sexuality under wraps.

Lawyers for the 20-year-old are planning a last-ditch court bid to stop him being deported. Campaigners said they were in no doubt Yakob's life would once again be placed in serious danger.

Yakob, a Christian member of the repressed Kurdish minority in the Arab state, fled to the UK two years ago after being arrested, shot and beaten. He left his home country after surviving a harrowing ordeal at the hands of Syrian police and prison guards. He had been arrested for distributing anti-government leaflets.

When prison guards discovered he was homosexual he suffered horrific beatings and was assaulted so badly that he fell into a coma.

Despite his attempts to start a new life in Scotland, the Home Office ordered his deportation in March and, last week, his appeal against the decision was denied.

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I am not a gay rights activist, but I find this decision appalling. It is even more appalling in light of the UK immigration policy of not sending terrorist back for fear they could get the same kind of treatment this guy has already gotten. So terrorist get to stay on draw welfare checks and this poor man is sent back to lead a "discreet" life in a place where he has already been identified as a homosexual. I would say their human rights concerns are skewed in the extreme.

The craziness is compounded by a decision to send 11,000 Zimbabwe asylum seekers back to Mugabe's hell hole. It seems terrorist are the only ones with a priority to avoid torture and abuse.