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Migration of people persecuted for their love

By Iain Donaldson and Jack Gilbert | Tue 21st August 2018 - 10:14 am

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Liberal Democrats abhor the persecution of people on the grounds of their race, colour, religion, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity and look forward to a world in which all people share the same basic rights, live together in peace, and in which their different cultures will be able to develop freely.

Some nations don’t offer those basic human rights and in such places you may be particularly vulnerable to family-based hate-related domestic abuse or honour-based violence.

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Posted in Op-eds | Tagged immigration, LGBT rights and lgbt+ lib dems | 6 Comments

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