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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Bernadette B. Tixon

'This Is Called Consent': UK Hands Asylum Seekers Guide Explaining They Must Not Rape or Harass Women

The Home Office's nine-page booklet, 'Understanding Behaviours and Expectations in the UK', sets out UK law on consent, rape and domestic abuse for new asylum seekers (Credit: Oskar Młodziński/Pexels)

The Home Office has published a nine-page booklet telling asylum seekers that rape, sexual harassment and controlling behaviour towards women are crimes under UK law, as part of a wider effort to explain what is expected of people living in Britain.

Titled 'Understanding Behaviours and Expectations in the UK', the document was published on Wednesday and covers gender equality, sex and consent, domestic abuse and behaviour in public.

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