https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-66919416

Anti-gay discrimination not qualification for asylum, says Suella Braverman


Fearing discrimination for being gay or a woman should not be enough to qualify for international refugee protection, the home secretary will say.

Addressing a US think tank, Suella Braverman will question whether the application of the UN's 1951 Refugee Convention is "fit for our modern age".

She is expected to argue laws have morphed from helping those fleeing persecution to those fearing bias.

Labour accused her of having "given up on fixing" the asylum system.

"Now she's resorting to grandstanding abroad and looking for anyone else to blame," said shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper.