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The Informer

30 Jan 2020

Border Force asks – can’t you just pretend to be straight?

gender, LGBTIQ, National, Sexuality

Border Force asks – can’t you just pretend to be straight?

Buzzfeed News’ Hannah Ryan has been doing some deep dives into questions the Border Force has been asking asylum seekers. An internal review from the Department of Home Affairs has shown that officers asked asylum seekers if they could just go back home and pretend to be straight. Hannah tells us more.

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