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Parliament in Baghdad bans failed Iraqi asylum-seekers from Europe
The Iraqi parliament has banned the forced return from Europe of tens of thousands of failed asylum seekers, and threatened to fine airlines that take part in deportation programmes. The unilateral declaration has already resulted in deportees being turned back at the border, according to the London-based refugeee support organisation…
Czechs deny using penis tests for gay asylum seekers
The Czech Republic is no longer using penis blood pressure tests to determine if asylum seekers are gay, the Czech Interior Ministry said Wednesday. The EU’s leading human rights agency first criticized the Czech government last year for using “phallometric tests.” The test gauges the subject’s level of sexual arousal…
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