UK Offers Pamphlet To Migrants Instructing Them Not To Rape Or Sexually Harass Others

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UK Offers Pamphlet To Migrants Instructing Them Not To Rape Or Sexually Harass Others

Britain’s government is handing asylum seekers a leaflet that spells out, in plain terms, that rape and sexual harassment will land them in prison.

The nine-page booklet titled “Understanding behaviours and expectations in the UK: a guide for asylum seekers” went live Aug. 19, according to the Home Office. Its rules bind everyone in the country, the department states, not only those lodging asylum claims.

The section on consent warns arrivals that both parties must willingly agree to any sexual act and that a sleeping, intoxicated or unresponsive person cannot give agreement, according to the Home Office. Someone may withdraw agreement whenever they choose, even mid-encounter, and the standard applies inside marriages. “If you have sex with someone without their consent, this is called rape. Rape is a serious crime in the UK,” the booklet reads. It fixes the age of consent at 16 and cautions that sex with a minor stays criminal “even if they say yes.” (RELATED: Plucky Village Declares Independence To Avoid Being Overrun By Male Migrants)

On public behavior, the guidance tells readers never to whistle, make kissing sounds, trail someone, or aim sexual remarks at a person “even if you think it is a compliment,” according to the Home Office. Photographing or circulating sexual images without permission also counts as a serious offense. A gender-equality passage informs migrants that women may work, study, travel and marry whom they please without a man’s approval. Violations can trigger arrest, imprisonment, eviction from housing and rejection of an asylum claim, the department says.

Labour Prime Minister Andy Burnham stood behind the release, saying ministers wanted UK law understood clearly. “As a government, we have a very clear principle. If you break UK law, you will be removed from the country,” Burnham told reporters, according to ITV News. School Standards Minister Georgia Gould said arrivals must first grasp British law while cautioning against sweeping claims about migrants, according to IBTimes UK, which reported the booklet restates existing law rather than creating any.

Opposition figures argued the pamphlet proved ministers had lost their grip on the border. “Instead of trying to train these mainly young, male illegal immigrants behave in a civilised way towards women, they should be deported,” Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said, according to the BBC. Conservative Shadow Transport Secretary Richard Holden branded the document “absurd” and “ridiculous,” according to IBTimes UK. Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf called it “a disgrace” in a video posted online, according to the BBC.

Green Party peer Baroness Jenny Jones attacked the guidance from the opposite flank, telling Sky News it was “a dangerous and unnecessary move by the Home Office which feeds into right wing tropes,” according to the BBC. The rollout came as the Home Office said failed-claim returns had hit their highest point since 2010, with close to 70,000 illegal migrants and foreign offenders removed since Labour took office in July 2024, according to the BBC.