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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

UK asylum system retraumatises women fleeing sexual abuse, says report

A woman sitting alone on a bed in bedroom
The charities said they heard of predatory residents and staff who subjected women seeking asylum to intimidation, harassment and abuse. Photograph: Farknot_Architect/Getty Images

The UK asylum system is retraumatising women and girls who have fled rape and sexual abuse and putting them at risk of further harm, leading charities have said.

Sexual violence and abuse is often a major driver for women to leave their country of origin, as well as a common experience on their journey to the UK, but when they get here they are failed, according to Rape Crisis England and Wales (RCEW) and Imkaan.

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