Deport-a-gay day?

Whenever I read about them, I find another reason to hate the asylum systems of most Western countries (probably because  I only ever read about stories where they tragically), but I had always thought that Canada and the UK sucked just a little less, were a little less scary.
Not so, I found after reading a post on queer_rage.

From the Independent, today: Gay man facing death due to impending deportation from the UK, to Iran - where he might face execution.

( Choice quotes, favourite being: The Home Office's own guidance issued to immigration officers concedes that Iran executes homosexual men but, unaccountably, rejects the claim that there is a systematic repression of gay men and lesbians. )

From the the Montreal Gazette, today: Gay man facing death due to impending deportation from Canada, back to Malaysia - where he might be sent to prison.

( Choice quotes, favourites being: 'His refugee claim was rejected, however, on the ground the panel hearing his claim did not believe it was credible.' [...] 'There have been women told they couldn't be lesbian because they have long hair and showed up for the interviews in high heels. These people have no training whatsoever in how to deal with these issues.'> )

I don't even want to think about what the German authorities would do in these cases. I can't shake off the nagging suspicion that the people in question would already be on the plane home and none of our daily newspaper could be bothered to cover the story.