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In a special blog for Refugee Week, we reflect on how UK asylum policy has shaped – and sometimes undermined – our ability to tackle HIV as a society.

Since the news that UKIP LGBT will be part of this year’s Pride parade, NAT has been asked whether we would consider boycotting the event, where we are a regular feature.

Like many people I was alarmed this morning to hear Nigel Farage’s comments to Newsweek and on the radio about not letting migrants with HIV into the UK. What he has said, and how he responded when challenged about these positions, shows a disturbing lack of knowledge about the reality of HIV today.