‘Tortured’ asylum seeker’s plight
February 25, 2009 by Webmaster
BBC – An asylum seeker who says she was tortured in her homeland claims she was forced by poverty into prostitution after her bid to stay in the UK failed.
Lina Ndayi Nabintu, 29, from the Democratic Republic of Congo, refused official help to return home.
It meant she could not claim benefits and says money worries led her to trawl bars in Cardiff offering sex for £10.
The Home Office said a distinction had to be drawn between successful asylum claims and economic migrants.
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