How’s this for a profiling debate?
The Czech government has rejected EU criticism of its use of a rare test of the credibility of gay asylum seekers.
The Vienna-based European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights says the Czech Republic is the only known EU country to use so-called “phallometric testing.” The method tests whether men seeking asylum on the grounds of homosexuality are sexually aroused by heterosexual pornographic material.
The Czech Interior Ministry said in a statement Wednesday that testing is conducted only after written consent and when it was not possible to use a different method.
The EU agency said in a report last month that the reliability of such tests is questionable, and that the practice violates the EU convention on human rights.
The stimulus, it seems, remains controversial.