A Pakistani asylum seeker has made a direct plea to Sir Keir Starmer to let him stay in the UK because he is gay, accusing the Prime Minister of seeking to 'punish' migrants like him who came on student visas.
Ali Raza Nasir insists he came to the UK to study but when he visited Soho in central London and met other gay people he realised he would be 'safe' in Britain.
Mr Nasir fears that he will be deported to his home country of Pakistan, where his family had wanted to arrange a marriage for him with a woman.
Sir Keir wants to force overseas graduates to leave the UK within 18 months unless they land a skilled job.
The PM has suggested thousands of people who came to the UK on student or work visas like Ali, who went on to try and claim asylum, could now face deportation.
