The issues that arise on this appeal are whether the Upper Tribunal in OO (Algeria)
wrongly equated persecution with a risk of being subjected to physical violence and
also failed to consider, cumulatively, the impact of the treatment that gay men would
face in Algeria. Further, the appeal raises the issues of whether it would be unduly
harsh to require the appellant to relocate within Algeria or whether returning him to
Algeria would amount to a disproportionate interference with his rights under Article
8 of the Convention given that he would conceal his sexual orientation if he returned
to live in Algeria.
Asexuality cannot be considered as falling within the LGBTI group for which an exception is made with regard to Algeria as safe country of origin, para 4.1