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LGBTQI+ People Seeking Asylum and HIV: ‘I’d rather deal with a real elephant!’

LGBTQI+ People Seeking Asylum and HIV: ‘I’d rather deal with a real elephant!’

March 5, 2021 | Filed under: Blog, News

We work with people from all around the world and wellbeing is the focus of our support services. Everyone has a different experience of HIV but a common theme has been that HIV support and prevention services are a territory that are not always known and come with their own …

UKLGIG submission to the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration inspection of asylum casework

September 24, 2020 | Filed under: News

UKLGIG has made a submission about LGBTQI+ asylum claims to the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration’s inspection of asylum casework. Read our submission and recommendations

UKLGIG responds to the outsourcing of asylum interviews

September 24, 2020 | Filed under: News, Press Releases

The Home Office has announced that it plans to bring in commercial contractors to carry out asylum interviews and gather evidence for claims, which are used to determine whether applicants should be granted refugee status.    Reacting to the news, UKLGIG Executive Director Leila Zadeh said: “We’re extremely concerned to hear the …

Protect human rights and judicial review

August 6, 2020 | Filed under: News, Press Releases

Any restrictions on the independence of our judiciary, on our human rights laws, or on the right to judicial review would be a devastating blow to everyone’s ability to guarantee their rights and freedoms against the state. We have joined Humanists UK and over 50 other organisations to express concern …

UKLGIG calls for COVID-19 public health guidance in languages other than English

July 28, 2020 | Filed under: News, Press Releases

UKLGIG joined Doctors of the World UK and over 20 local authorities, public health bodies and non-profit organisations to write to the Government to express concern at the lack of COVID-19 public health guidance in languages other than English. At present the ‘Stay alert: what you can and cannot do’ …

Open Letter to Boris Johnson – Repeal the minimum income rule for non-EU spouses

July 9, 2020 | Filed under: News, Press Releases

In 2012, as part of the hostile environment, a minimum income requirement [MIR] was brought in which means that British people (and others who are settled in the UK) have to be earning at least £18,600 in order to live in the UK with a partner from outside the EU. …

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