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• THE UK GAY AND LBIAN IMMIGRATN GROUP IS NOW LLED RABOW MIGRATN
• UK LBIAN & GAY IMMIGRATN GROUP (UKLGIG)
• UK LBIAN & GAY IMMIGRATN GROUP
• RABOW MIGRATN (FORMERLY UK LBIAN & GAY IMMIGRATN GROUP - UKLGIG)
• UK LBIAN & GAY IMMIGRATN GROUP
• UK LBIAN & GAY IMMIGRATN GROUP TABLISH NEW SUPPORT GROUPS
• REGISTER OF CHARI - THE CHARY COMMISSN UK LESBIAN AND GAY IMMIGRATION GROUP
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• GAY ASYLUM GROUP PH FOR IRANIAN PROTECTN
• GAY IMMIGRATN GROUP: HOME OFFICE SYSTEM STILL ‘EXTREMELY UNFAIR’ FOR LGBT ASYLUM SEEKERS
• UK LBIAN AND GAY IMMIGRATN GROUP APPOTS NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

THE UK GAY AND LBIAN IMMIGRATN GROUP IS NOW LLED RABOW MIGRATN

On Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, we are exced to announce our new name: Rabow Migratn. UK Lbian and Gay Immigratn Group (UKLGIG) talks about the servic and support they provi to lbian and gay refuge and asylum seekers. UKLGIG promot equaly and digny for asylum seekers and refuge who are Lbian Gay Bisexual and Transgenr (LGBT).

Image you are g om a place where you’ve had to lie and be ashamed of your sexualy and then to arrive the UK and have to say to a uniformed officer, ‘I am gay’ immediately. It is also important to make spac more gay/transgenr iendly. The UK Lbian & Gay Immigratn Group was created 1993 as Stonewall Immigratn Group by same sex upl and their lawyers to share rmatn, lobby for change and rm and advise lbians and gay men wantg to rema together the UK on the basis of their relatnship.

In 1992, the procs of the policisatn of the issue of immigratn rights of gay and lbian upl began almost by accint.

UK LBIAN & GAY IMMIGRATN GROUP (UKLGIG)

It beme clear time that there was strength numbers and, rather than ntug to rema quiet about their existence, the upl formed the Stonewall Immigratn Group, separate om but loosely nnected to the Stonewall Lobby Group, for the purpose of workg specifilly on the issue of gay and lbian immigratn rights. In particular, the group sought, and obtaed, the mment of the Shadow Home Secretary that, if elected, a Labour ernment would regnise gay and lbian relatnships for immigratn purpos. Asylum seekers and refugeLbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people.

UKLGIG logoThe UK Lbian & Gay Immigratn Group (UKLGIG), found 1993 by Mark Watson and origally lled Stonewall Immigratn, is a chary that promot equaly and digny for LGBT people who seek asylum the UK, or who wish to immigrate to the UK to be wh their same-sex partner. The UK Lbian & Gay Immigratn Group (UKLGIG) is tablishg new support groups.

Providg specialist legal rmatn and advice, rearchg and trag on immigratn issu affectg lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex people - particularly those seekg asylum. Liaisg wh ernment on immigratn issu and wh other anisatns workg wh lbians and gay men. Rabow Migratn supports lbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and tersex (LGBTQI+) people through the UK’s asylum and immigratn system.

UK LBIAN & GAY IMMIGRATN GROUP

This advice is for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) refuge. (Formerly UK Lbian and Gay Immigratn Group). The Rabow Migratn are able to provi rmatn, assistance and advice on lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) asylum issu.

RABOW MIGRATN (FORMERLY UK LBIAN & GAY IMMIGRATN GROUP - UKLGIG)

Ain Rabow Fay (ARF) is a non-for-prof charable anisatn that support lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr tersexual and queer (LGBTIQ) people of Ain herage and the wir Black Asian Mory Ethnic groups. To w your asylum claim/appeal, you need to wre out a full, tailed personal acunt of the homophobic persecutn that you suffered, and/ or you know other LGBTs have suffered your home untry, and/or that you fear you will suffer if you return to your home untry. It n be helpful to have letters of support om your lol uncillor, MP, neighbours and other iends the UK, who know you and n attt that you are gay, are a person of good character etc.

Supportg evince n also clu pi of newspaper reports (dated and sourced) about homophobia your home untry, reports om human rights groups like Amnty Internatnal and Human Rights Watch, and news releas om LGBT groups Internatnal Lbian and Gay Associatn and the Internatnal Gay and Lbian Human Rights Commissn etc. See Peter Tatchell’s webse Look unr Internatnal for any stori re homophobic persecutn your untry. You may also need an expert wns who n ttify to the nature and extent of homophobic discrimatn and vlence your home untry.

An expert wns is an amic or human rights anisatn official who has specialist knowledge of homophobic persecutn your home untry. 1UK Lbian & Gay Immigratn Group (UKLGIG)UKLGIG are an anisatn that works support of LGBTQ+ people who are havg to go through the UK's asylum and immigratn system. They provi safe spac, workshops, and a work to share experienc and here19London GaymersLondon Gaymers was ially tablished to build a iendship work of LGBTQ+ gamers the UK.

UK LBIAN & GAY IMMIGRATN GROUP

The experienc of those seekg asylum the UK and the rt of Europe on the basis of their sexual orientatn or genr inty (SOGI) need to be Europe, mori like those who make up the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr (LGBT) muni benef om a range of laws which are there to protect. However, was shown that immigratn officials often did not kick proceedgs off an open-md way and stead sat their seats wag for applints to nvce woman who lived an Ain state which giv no protectn to gay people was aaid for her life after beg disvered by police bed wh another woman.

It is also unjt to judge the roads to emotnal awarens of those who intify as gay or transgenr but who origate om untri which have unjt laws agast the experienc of those who have spent their entire liv wtern Europe. The UK Lbian and Gay Immigratn Group (UKLGIG) promot equaly and digny for lbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and tersex + (LGBTQI+) people who seek asylum the UK, or who wish to e here to be wh their the muny needs UKLGIG helps people fleeg persecutn other untri bee of their sexual orientatn or genr inty.

LGBTQI+ asylum seekers equently suffer om shame and ternalised homophobia, or have been victims of vlence, exploatn or traffickg. Inspired by Lbians and Gays Support the Mers the 1980s we build on a proud history of queer solidary to say: no one is illegal.

UK LBIAN & GAY IMMIGRATN GROUP TABLISH NEW SUPPORT GROUPS

About Lbians and Gays Support the Migrants (“LGSMigrants”) is a queer activist group that creatively challeng the prevailg narrativ around migratn and rejects all attempts to p queer people agast More →. Support Fd out how you n support Lbians and Gays Support the Migrants by g along to a meetg, or donatg to help stand solidary wh Out How →. Our head of immigratn, Nichola Carter, is a volunteer solicor for the UK Lbian and Gay Immigratn Group (UKLGIG) and has also been one of the group’s tste.

However, om 1999 to 2009 havg a right to seek refugee stat and actually gag asylum were two very different thgs as evinced UK Lbian and Gay Immigratn Group (UKLGIG)’s report “Failg the Gra: Home Office ial cisns on lbian and gay claims for asylum”, April 2010.

The rearch report found that 98 to 99% of asylum claims ma by lbians and gay men were rejected pared to 73% of general asylum claims. The UK Lbian Gay Immigratn Group has wrten to Liam Byrne, the Home Office Mister rponsible for immigratn, requtg the spensn of removals to Iran of lbian and gay asylum seekers.

REGISTER OF CHARI - THE CHARY COMMISSN UK LESBIAN AND GAY IMMIGRATION GROUP

The Group has urged the Mister to ensure that no Iranian lbian or gay asylum seeker be removed om the UK whilst there are genue ncerns that those spected of havg gay sexual relatnships are at risk of persecutn.

Tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of the hangg of two gay teenagers Iran who were believed to be lovers. UKLGIG chairperson, Ian Morton, said “There is a real fear amongst lbian and gay asylum seekers om Iran that if they are forced to return to Iran they will risk their liv if they exprs their sexual orientatn. “We accept that homosexuals, certa circumstanc, are pable of nstutg a particular social group unr the terms of the Conventn.

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GAY IMMIGRATN GROUP: HOME OFFICE SYSTEM STILL ‘EXTREMELY UNFAIR’ FOR LGBT ASYLUM SEEKERS

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Pl Dillane, executive director of the UK Lbian and Gay Immigratn Group (UKLGIG), told PkNews that the number of LGBT asylum seekers, which the anisatn has worked wh, returned to untri where they face persecutn has fallen recent years – however “a range of problems ntue” to nspire agast claimants. UKLGIG’s Missg the Mark report of September 2013 showed 47 lbians and gay men were granted asylum last year.

In a rearch report UKLGIG published 2013, we intified that more of our clients have been granted asylum than was prevly the se om untri that are extremely homophobic and transphobic, cludg Uganda, Cameroon, Jamai, etc. The UK Lbian and Gay Immigratn Group (UKLGIG) has appoted former Amnty refugee rearcher Pl Dillane as s new executive director.

UK LBIAN AND GAY IMMIGRATN GROUP APPOTS NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Last week, leadg LGBT asylum barrister S Chelvan said the UK still has “a long, long way to go” when to protectg those fleeg homophobic persecutn. He claimed that too many gay asylum seekers faced an “tolerable” posn of havg to “prove” their sexual orientatn.