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Rainbow Migration

@rainbowmigrants

We support LGBTQI+ people through the asylum and immigration system.

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Today, Joel explains how the UK is the only European country with no time limit on detention - an inhumane practice that destroys lives. The last official inspection of Harmondsworth, where he was detained, found that almost half of the people locked up there were suicidal.

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Joel is a Nigerian LGBTQI+ and refugee rights activist, who organised Nigeria’s first Pride in 2019. He came to the UK to seek safety, but the Home Office detained him when he arrived. Detention puts LGBTQI+ people like Joel in a dangerous situation where they face bullying,

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Nobody benefits from detention, except the private contractors who are paid millions 💰 of pounds a year to run the UK’s detention centres. There are alternatives that support people to understand their immigration options while living in the community. With alternatives

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Many LGBTQI+ people who came to the UK seeking safety are left with lasting trauma from immigration detention. This doesn’t have to happen to anyone else. The government already has a policy recognising that trans and intersex people are at serious risk of harm in detention,

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✨️Our latest blog is written by one of our former service users, reflecting on her journey as a person who sought safety in the UK and is now rebuilding her life here after being granted refugee status. We are very grateful to her for sharing her story with us. 💻️Read it

✨️Our latest blog is written by one of our former service users, reflecting on her journey as a person who sought safety in the UK and is now rebuilding her life here after being granted refugee status. 

We are very grateful to her for sharing her story with us.

💻️Read it
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This Valentine’s Day - and every day - we stand up for compassion, fairness and welcome 🧡. We are proud members of Together With Refugees, a coalition of organisations that believe in a more compassionate approach to refugees. Join us in the call for a far new plan for refugees

This Valentine’s Day - and every day - we stand up for compassion, fairness and welcome 🧡. We are proud members of Together With Refugees, a coalition of organisations that believe in a more compassionate approach to refugees. Join us in the call for a far new plan for refugees
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We are among the 148 organisations who signed this letter, condemning this government's decision to ban most people with refugee status from ever becoming British citizens. We need a kind, caring and compassionate asylum system. #RefugeesWelcome

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Last week, we announced the difficult decision to gradually step away from X to protect the wellbeing of our community. We are already sharing fewer updates and will stop posting completely by April. We would love to stay connected with you on other platforms - you can find

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Earlier this month, we published a blog by a lesbian woman from Uganda reflecting on her journey from Uganda to the UK, the asylum process and the importance of LGBT History Month. Read it now: buff.ly/3CVJxt6

Earlier this month, we published a blog by a lesbian woman from Uganda reflecting on her journey from Uganda to the UK, the asylum process and the importance of LGBT History Month. Read it now: buff.ly/3CVJxt6
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🌈To mark the last day of #LGBTHistoryMonth 2025, we want to share our interview with Warren. He is a gay man from Malaysia who came to the UK to study in 1990, and made history in 2000 as the first #LGBTQI+ person to be granted refugee status in the UK on the basis of sexual

🌈To mark the last day of #LGBTHistoryMonth 2025, we want to share our interview with Warren. He is a gay man from Malaysia who came to the UK to study in 1990, and made history in 2000 as the first #LGBTQI+ person to be granted refugee status in the UK on the basis of sexual