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Recommendation 9
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Establish impartiality training for interpreters and enhance interviewer training to avoid SOGI stereotypes.
Recommendation
We recommend the Home Office establish a programme of religious impartiality and LGBT sensitivity training for all language interpreters on its approved list. We further recommend the Department review and enhance its training of asylum interviewers on avoiding application of stereotypes to asylum claimants in sexual orientation and gender identity-based claims. (Paragraph 75) Equality and the UK asylum process 73
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 19 September 2023. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗