“I am deeply concerned about increased bias-motivated incidents of harassment, threats, and violence against LGBTQ+ people, including a rampant surge in hate crimes in the UK,” said Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the UN Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, who visited the UK from 24 April to 5 May 2023.
National Student Pride, in association with Rainbow Migration, platformed a panel of individuals with knowledge and experience of asylum and immigration detention, calling for the audience to use their voices to stop “the government’s dehumanisation of asylum seekers”.
New research from the University of Brighton – funded by the Centre for Transforming Sexuality and Gender and the Centre for Digital Cultures and Innovation – has revealed that LGBTQ+ people continue to face harassment, bullying and deteriorating mental health while in immigration detention.
Peter Markham on meeting the inspiration Arthur Britney Joestar
This article has been written by Peter Markham who works as a correspondent for the Immigration Advice Service, an organisation of Manchester immigration lawyers
Peter Markham, a writer and correspondent for www.immigrationnews.co.uk, on why LGBTQ+ asylum
seekers in the UK and Europe are not being believed.
