New video resources from UKLGIG on claiming asylum if you’re LGBTQI+
The organisation UKLGIG have made really useful video resources about claiming asylum if you are LGBTQI+.
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Asylum, finally, for Aderonke
Our dear friend Aderonke Apata has FINALLY been granted refugee status, after years of fighting for justice. All along the way, she has fought for… Read more »
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Empathy & active listening: liberal pursuit or transformative practice?
By Tatiana Garavito @TatGaravito Tatiana Garavito is a migrant’ rights activist and the former director of IRMO and Latin American Women Rights Services, two human rights… Read more »
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A history of providing sanctuary? LGBT+ asylum claims in the UK
As LGBT History Month draws to a close, it seems timely to review the progress – and lack of it – in the treatment of… Read more »
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The impact of detention on LGBT communities
This article was written for Unlocking Detention by Nina Held and Karen Smith, volunteers at Lesbian Immigration Support Group in Manchester. This article was originally… Read more »
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“I’ve found my place in Manchester” – Lesbian Immigration Support Group’s conference
“Without the support of LISG, I know those women would have been removed”. Keelin McCarthy, barrister at Lamb Building, was just one of the people… Read more »
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Visibility and solidarity: campaigning for justice and the right to remain
This blog post is based on a talk by Right to Remain at From Silence to Solidarity, Violence to Visibility, Lesbian Immigration Support Group‘s conference in… Read more »
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Country info – LGBTI people in Jamaica
To be granted refugee status in the UK you need to prove that you have a well-founded fear that, if you were returned to your country of origin, you would be persecuted for one of the reasons covered by the Refugee Convention, and that the government/authorities in your country could not protect you from this persecution.
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Asylum for Aderonke – fantastic display of solidarity at Royal Courts of Justice
We had an amazing day today supporting Aderonke Apata as she had her crucial judicial review hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice. We arrived… Read more »
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LGBTI asylum claims – the difference, stigma, shame, harm model
Since the landmark 2010 Supreme Court judgment in which it was ruled the Home Office could not tell LGBTI asylum-seekers that they could go back to their country of origin and ‘live discreetly’, the Home Office has shifted its tactics in refusing asylum claims.
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Anatomy of a successful anti-deportation campaign
In the Guardian newspaper this weekend, it was reported that: “A Ugandan gay rights activist has thwarted an attempt by the South African government to… Read more »
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A ruling from the European Court of Justice in November 2013 has divided lawyers and campaigners: was it a positive judgement for the rights of LGBTI asylum seekers, or not?
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