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Record number of asylum seekers claiming to be gay allowed to stay under ECHR rules

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Home Office granted the claims to stay after those seeking asylum proved that returning to their homeland would be inhumane because of their sexuality.

The UK accepted that people who would be criminalised or open to persecution because of sexual orientation can claim asylum under the European Convention on Human Rights .

Skeptics believe some asylum seekers may be gaming the system by pretending to be gay.

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