A Labour-run council has declared it wrong to suggest migrants originate from "cultures that don't respect women", asserting such claims "reinforce harmful stereotypes". Liverpool Council published a webpage amid growing public concern over sexual offences committed by foreign nationals. According to the council's guidance, there exists "no causal link between asylum seeker populations and increased levels of violence against women and girls". Sexual offences involving foreign nationals have faced heightened scrutiny following the case of Hadush Kebatu. Liverpool City Council shoots down claim migrants originate from 'cultures that don't respect women' |The Ethiopian asylum seeker carried out sexual assaults on a 14-year-old girl and a woman in Epping just eight days after his arrival in Britain last year.

Source: Ethiopian News March 22, 2026 20:10 UTC