The UK Home Office has distributed a 9-page behavioral guide to asylum seekers who seek to enter England's borders. Among the lessons included: women must consent to sex in all situations, women are allowed to work and study, and women are permitted to make their own decisions without permission from men.
Oh, and sex with children is strictly forbidden!
Imagine letting people into your country who you have to remind not to rape women and children.
The guide, titled "Understanding behaviours and expectations in the UK," was distributed as posters and booklets to asylum seekers arriving in Britain. Journalist Bill Melugin flagged the materials, noting that the guide teaches asylum seekers that "women must consent to sex in all situations, women are allowed to work, study, and make their own decisions and don't need permission from men, and failing to adhere... can result in their asylum claims being rejected."
So the British government looked at the population it was importing and determined that a formal, printed reminder not to commit sexual assault was a necessary onboarding step. The guide further warns that violations of these behavioral expectations can result in prison, loss of government support, or rejection of asylum claims.
The reaction online was immediate and pointed. Congressman Brandon Gill(R-TX) put it plainly: "If it has to be explained to somebody that rape is bad, you probably shouldn't bring that person to your country in the first place."
That's not a radical position. That's the position of every normal person who's ever lived in a functioning society. The idea that a Western government needs to produce instructional materials explaining that women are autonomous human beings — and that assaulting them is illegal — tells you everything about what that government already knows about the people it's letting in.
Good question. Because if you don't think the population you're resettling poses a risk to women, you don't print a 9-page pamphlet about it. You don't design posters. You don't include warnings about prison time for sexual violence. You do all of that only when you've already assessed the risk — and decided to accept it anyway.
This is the same UK government that has spent years arresting its own citizens for social media posts. Say something the Home Office doesn't like on X about foreigners and you might get a knock on your door. But arrive from a country where its common to mutilate and cut off a woman's gentials, and the government response is a politely worded booklet.
The guide doesn't exist because bureaucrats had nothing better to do. It exists because enough incidents occurred that someone in Whitehall decided printed materials were cheaper than accountability. The quiet part isn't even quiet anymore. It's laminated and posted on the wall of an asylum processing center.
We spent decades being told that concerns about mass immigration were rooted in bigotry. That cultural compatibility was a myth invented by xenophobes. That vetting was unnecessary because people are people everywhere.
Now there's a 9-page government document that says otherwise.