Netherlands uncovers network helping Ugandan asylum seekers fake being gay
KAROLIN SCHAPS THE Dutch government has said it will reassess the cases of dozens of Ugandans granted asylum after it uncovered a criminal network that helped would-be refugees from the country fake their sexual orientation. The Netherlands started accepting asylum claims from LGBT+ Ugandans in 2014, when the African country briefly introduced the death penalty for gay sex before dropping it under international pressure. Same-sex relations are still punishable by life in prison and campaigners say other laws are used to discriminate against LGBT+ people. This week the Dutch Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) said it had uncovered an organised…