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7:00am Wednesday 28th November 2012 in Bradford By Dolores Cowburn , Bradford Chief Reporter Fishane Nkhata The issue of failed asylum seekers being deported back to countries where they risk being raped and tortured will be the focus of a Bradford conference this week. Why Refugee Women?, an organisation created to help female asylum seekers, will launch a petition at the event at Kala Sangam, Forster Square, urging the Home Office to take women’s human rights into account more when deciding whether they can stay in the UK. In Bradford there are 135 female asylum seekers and more than three-quarters of them have had their cases rejected, which means they could eventually be sent home to danger zones. Eighty asylum s...

Refugees Tough times for female asylum seekers in the UK Chances of asylum being denied are twice as high for female refugees in the UK than for males, recent research shows. The findings suggest that officials often don't believe the women's stories of rape and torture. Some refugees are forced to pick through others' waste on the street Many asylum-seekers live in 'squatter-like' conditions while waiting for the decision on their claim Many asylum-seekers refuse to have their pictures taken for fear of further persecution According to recent research by the UK-based organization Women for Refugee Women, half of the women seeking asylum in the United Kingdom have experienced torture or rape, but are refused asylum. The research indicates that women may feel too ashamed and traumatized to speak about what has happened to them si...