Home Office using religion against LGBT people in need of refugee protection Home Office accuses LGBT church-goers of contradiction. Ban on working and financial destitution forcing LGBT people in need of refugee protection to become dependent upon homophobic acquaintances. Asylum process creating ‘Catch 22s’: LGBT people who don’t know they …
The government has said it will not introduce a time limit on detention and refused to recognise that LGBTQI+ people are at risk of harm in immigration detention centres. The refusals are part of the government’s response to the inquiry by parliament’s Home Affairs Select Committee into immigration detention. The …
UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group launches #LendYourVoice campaign with the support of 28 LGBTQI+ celebrities and influencers – Social media campaign to shine a light on the injustices LGBTQI+ people face within UK detention centres, as part of the wider #Time4aTimeLimit movement calling for a 28-day limit on immigration …
The Home Office and Sweden’s Migration Agency face similar challenges in assessing asylum claims based sexual orientation or gender identity. This is a guest blog by a former member of staff at Sweden’s Migration Agency. The views are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of …
Report by the Home Affairs Select Committee urges government to ‘recognise that LGBTQI+ people are vulnerable in immigration detention’. An inquiry into immigration detention by the Home Affairs Select Committee has criticised the government for not recognising lesbian, gay and bisexual people as adults at risk in immigration detention centres. …
Statement on report by the Joint Committee on Human Rights Leila Zadeh, Executive Director of UKLGIG, said, “We welcome the recommendation from the Joint Committee on Human Rights to put a time limit on immigration detention. The UK is the only country in Europe that does not impose a …
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