Maira’s refuge? Apostasy, asylum and religious freedom – The Article August 2, 2021 by Fulcrum Priti Patel is hardly known for welcoming migrants, so her recent meeting with a delegation urging the Home Secretary to offer asylum to a Pakistani teenager is remarkable. On 13 July, Patel sat around a table with the Government’s religious freedom envoy, Fiona Bruce MP, the Catholic MP Edward Leigh, and representatives of a small Catholic charity called Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), which has been campaigning for the girl, Maira Shahbaz. Abygail Frymann Rouch. The Article. 1 August 2021 FulcrumShareTweetShare