New UK govt booklet tells asylum-seekers rape and child sex abuse are illegal

UK asylum guide spells out laws on consent, child sex, domestic abuse and harassmentLONDON: The UK home office has published a series of posters and a booklet for asylum-seekers informing them that the “laws and customs here may be different from your home country”, that “sex without consent is rape”, sex with a child is a serious crime, and approaching someone repeatedly if they are not interested is “harassment”.The pamphlet, “Understanding Behaviours and Expectations in the UK”, informs asylum-seekers that women in the UK can work, study, choose who to marry, wear what they want, travel, and make their own decisions, without needing permission from a man.It tells them they must never “physically or verbally abuse or control” their family or partner, and that in the UK “the law is clear