Thursday, July 16, 2009

Jamaican woman asks not to be deported due to her sexuality

Jamaican woman asks not to be deported due to her sexuality | News Story on 365gay.com
(United Kingdom) A Jamaican woman is asking the British immigration department to not deport her back to Jamaica because she is a lesbian. The woman has been convicted for dealing in illegal drugs by a British court.

n 2005, she was sent to prison after being convicted for supplying “class A” drugs. While at prison, the unnamed woman entered into lesbian relationships with fellow inmates.

According to the Jamaican Observer, British immigration officials do not believe the woman and say her claims are just “a ruse to avoid deportation.”

The United Kingdom and the United States have granted asylum to Jamaican gays in the past because of the extreme levels of homophobia in the island nation....




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