The government of the United Kingdom has made a U-turn on its treatment of members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), recognising Nigeria’s classification of the group as a terrorist organisation. In a May 2022 update of its asylum policy, the UK government excluded members of the group from seeking refuge in England. In April 2021 that the UK was planning to grant asylum to persecuted members of the separatist group, as part of its refugee policy published at the time. The policy, at the time, was for asylum…
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