DEFENDING DEMOCRACY IN EXILE Policy Responses to Transnational Repression Recommendations for the UK government: • Adopt a government-wide definition of transnational repression, possibly by updating the subcategories of state threats. • Improve government documentation of transnational repression, by including them in the annual human rights and democracy reports and the Overseas Security and Justice Assistance Guidance produced by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. • 8 Ensure that any new immigration policies respect the right to seek asylum, do not externalize the processing of asylum requests, and take into account the threat of transnational repression. @FreedomHouse • Improve the quality of information notes on countries of origin used in assessing asylum claims and include information about the threat of transnational repression. • Ensure a high level of scrutiny of mutual legal assistance requests. • Create a screening process for diplomatic visas to prevent the entry or accreditation of diplomatic personnel with a history of harassing, intimidating, or harming their diasporas. #TransnationalRepression