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New blog 🌟 Frequently Asked Questions about the substantive (second) asylum interview. Find in the legal explainers section on our website: buff.ly/n9CZhBB

🎉We have fantastic news - a bisexual woman from Zimbabwe who we supported has been granted refugee status in the UK! 🏳️‍🌈 💖We are very happy for her, and wish her all the best in this next chapter. #GoodNews #GoodNewsFriday #LGBT

Despite government efforts to expand detention, resistance continues to grow. Read our new Substack for the National Week of Solidarity to End Immigration Detention: buff.ly/ZmyCkR2

We've just had our third session co-designing a Communications and Campaigns Training for LGBTQI+ people seeking asylum and refugees! We discussed our plan so far - piecing everything together from our previous sessions - to create an interesting, hands-on and supportive training.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🏠 Families belong together. We will #NeverLetThatGo. Yet, the UK's asylum system is forcing families apart. One year ago, the Government suspended refugee family reunion – one of the only available safe routes – disproportionately harming women and children. www.refugeewomen.co.uk/family/ 1/🧵

It's the National Week of Solidarity to End Immigration Detention. For 20 years, we've campaigned against immigration detention and we won't stop until detention ends for everyone, everywhere.✊ For more information, follow @notohassockfield.bsky.social & @thesewallsmustfall.bsky.social 1/🧵

This year hundreds of LGBTQI+ people will be held in immigration detention in the UK. They are detained for an indefinite amount of time in prison-like conditions, at risk of harassment and abuse. Get involved at buff.ly/858nJbJ

🎉We have fantastic news - a gay man from Uganda who we supported has been granted refugee status in the UK! 🏳️‍🌈 💖We are very happy for him, and wish him all the best in this next chapter. #GoodNews #GoodNewsFriday #LGBT

If you're an LGBTQI+ person seeking asylum in the UK, we can provide free and confidential legal advice, and practical and emotional support with housing, healthcare and other issues. Get in touch with us via the contact form (buff.ly/O0RdpUm) or by emailing hello@rainbowmigration.org.uk

🎉We have fantastic news for #InternationalLesbianDay - a lesbian woman from Kenya who we supported has been granted refugee status in the UK! 🏳️‍🌈 💖We are very happy for her, and wish her all the best in this next chapter. #GoodNews #LGBT

📢 Read our full statement now: buff.ly/DanGaiQ

What are the LGBTQI-phobic scars of colonialism? Read more: buff.ly/7QWs6OA

In this article, published for Black History Month, we are centring the voices of Black trans women in particular. 🌟Read it at: buff.ly/NaSQrgs #BlackHistoryMonth

Happy Black History Month! [Photo from our support group banner making workshop for LGBTQI+ people seeking asylum]

What happens when a country is labelled “safe”, but being openly queer there can mean criminalisation, violence, or worse? In this article for PinkNews, Daniel Anthony writes about the UK asylum system and violence against queer people in Nigeria: buff.ly/g8ix5CQ

Read the story of a gay man from Colombia who has been granted asylum in the UK. He shared with us his experiences growing up, leaving home, and applying for asylum in the UK: buff.ly/7DAv5gm

🎉We have fantastic news - a trans woman from Turkey who we supported has been granted refugee status in the UK! 🏳️‍⚧️ 💖We are very happy for her, and wish her all the best in this next chapter. #GoodNews #GoodNewsFriday #LGBT

For Bisexual Visibility Day 2026 we want to share these words by a bisexual woman and mother from Pakistan about her experiences claiming asylum in the UK and exploring her sexuality. 💙 💜 ❤️

⚠️Immigration detention is not safe for anyone, but #LGBTQI+ people are at even higher risk of harm from LGBTQI-phobic abuse and bullying. 📢Join us in calling on this government to end LGBTQI+ detention today: buff.ly/TxgALru

🎉We have fantastic news - a LGBTQI+ person from Bangladesh who we supported has been granted refugee status in the UK! These are her words upon hearing the good news🏳️‍🌈 💖We are very happy for her, and wish her all the best in this next chapter. #GoodNews #GoodNewsFriday #LGBT

Are you a photographer? Get in touch! 🌟 We have a paid photoshoot opportunity - send us a DM with some examples of your work if you're interested.🏳️‍🌈

🏳️‍⚧️We have spaces available in our Trans & Non-Binary Support Group. If you are seeking asylum in the UK, speak English, and live within travelling distance of central London - then please fill in our contact form and the support group organiser will be in touch: buff.ly/qYvmfWC

Suicide prevention = a more humane asylum system‼️ As Marina, a lesbian from Cameroon, said: “I’ve never been so stressed and worried and depressed as in those two years in my whole life”. #worldsuicidepreventionday

More people than ever before are coming to us for advice and support. Become a monthly donor to support people seeking asylum in the UK and campaign for a kinder asylum system. 🏳️‍🌈 Set up a donation today and you'll get a FREE Bird & Blend tea bundle as a thank you: buff.ly/2smHKiD

Trans people, people seeking asylum, migrants and refugees continue to be disproportionately targeted by harmful rhetoric and scapegoating. Read more in our new Substack: buff.ly/wH1MdPh

Sharing stories of 3 LGBTQI+ people from Malaysia - inspired by the theme of this year's East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) Heritage Month - “Evolving Threads”.

As we head into the autumn, MPs are returning to Parliament with a new Prime Minister in place. What are the 4 key issues we’ll be keeping a close eye on? Read more here: buff.ly/nvm2GBP

Our legal advice service will be paused from 31 August and will resume on 21 September. During this period, we can only respond to urgent cases. If you have an upcoming substantive asylum interview, appeal deadline, are detained or have received a removal notice, please contact us: buff.ly/798Coxm

🎉We have fantastic news - a trans woman from Iran who we supported has been granted refugee status in the UK! 🏳️‍⚧️ 💖We are very happy for her, and wish her all the best in this next chapter. #GoodNews #GoodNewsFriday #LGBT

Misha shared their experience of seeking safety as an LGBTQI+ person with us. 🏳️‍🌈 Read more of his words on our website where we have a whole section of stories from LGBTQI+ people: buff.ly/mvUdDEU

If you become our supporter on easyfundraising, you'll raise free funds for Rainbow Migration simply by shopping online. And if 10 new supporters join by Sunday 6th September, Rainbow Migration will unlock a bonus £10 donation! It only takes a moment and it's completely free: buff.ly/QhoOnwo

Please note that Rainbow Migration does not offer legal representation – we can only provide legal advice and support on LGBTQI+ people’s asylum cases. But we understand that the whole process of finding a lawyer can seem overwhelming and challenging. More guidance on our website: buff.ly/tzdnyPJ

🎉We have fantastic news - a bisexual woman from Nigeria who we supported has been granted refugee status in the UK! 🏳️‍🌈 💖We are very happy for her, and wish her all the best in this next chapter. #GoodNews #GoodNewsFriday #LGBT

Why “End Immigration Detention”? What do we mean by “Border Profiteers”? What’s the alternative? 🌟Read about our new banner and explore these questions in our new article: rainbowmigration.substack.com/p/end-immigr...

Our support groups at Margate Pride 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 "I loved Margate Pride, the humour from everyone around us, the lovely atmosphere, and then that mesmerising sunset at the end of the day… None of this would have happened without the support, love, and kindness of Rainbow Migration."

We have fantastic news - a gay man from Pakistan who we supported has been granted refugee status in the UK! 🏳️‍🌈 💖We are very happy for him, and wish him all the best in this next chapter. Get support from us if you’re LGBTQI+ and seeking asylum: buff.ly/ofz8phx

New podcast episode with @wearequeeraf.com 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ One of our Support Services team is an interviewee for this episode. Listen now: buff.ly/3AmrsK6

When we think about the challenges that people seeking asylum face, one simple, but huge, difference would be making sure LGBTQI+ people seeking asylum can be in queer spaces and can connect with people. Find the guide on our website: www.rainbowmigration.org.uk/news/how-to-...

Read Sam's blog where he shares what worked for him whilst claiming asylum: buff.ly/tozVLpf Like many other people seeking asylum Sam found the process of claiming asylum and waiting for decisions difficult and emotionally intense. This is his advice for other LGBTQI+ people seeking asylum. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

🎉We have fantastic news - a gay man from Syria who we supported has been granted refugee status in the UK! 🏳️‍🌈 💖We are very happy for him, and wish him all the best in this next chapter. #GoodNews #GoodNewsFriday #LGBT

Want something meaningful to add to your morning routine? Why not spend 5 minutes reading one of our Substack articles? buff.ly/kuYp4TV Always intersectional, and always centring LGBTQI+ people seeking asylum. *Cups of tea also allowed

📢 ‼️ As reported by DIVA magazine: We’re deeply worried that a change the Home Office is bringing in today (3 August) will make it even easier to wrongly refuse asylum claims from LGBTQI+ people and send them back to danger. Read more: buff.ly/QDUj3pn

At Rainbow Migration we are very concerned about this change. It comes on top of already very poor-quality asylum decision-making by the Home Office, which is putting LGBTQI+ lives at risk.

At Rainbow Migration we provide practical and emotional support for LGBTQI+ people seeking asylum. If you're LGBTQI+ and seeking asylum, get in touch with us if you are feeling isolated or need support with housing or healthcare: buff.ly/j3IxQyl

🎉We have fantastic news - a gay man from Nigeria who we supported has been granted refugee status in the UK! 🏳️‍🌈 💖We are very happy for him, and wish him all the best in this next chapter. #GoodNews #GoodNewsFriday #LGBT

3 challenges LGBTQI+ people seeking asylum in the UK have when accessing mental health care 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 1 - Inadequate mental health support 2 - Fear of discrimination 3 - Impact of anti-migrant rhetoric

75 years ago, the world made a promise. The Refugee Convention was created in the aftermath of war to ensure that people fleeing persecution could find protection, safety, and dignity. For 75 years, it has saved lives across the world. Today, this promise is under attack. 1/3

✨️Why not take a few minutes to read Ayman's article today? Ayman writes in The Big Issue about how prolonged asylum processes, poverty, and anti-immigration, transphobic and homophobic rhetoric are contributing to a mental health crisis among LGBTQ+ refugees. Find the full article:

🎉We have fantastic news - a trans woman from Namibia who we supported has been granted refugee status in the UK! 🏳️‍⚧️ 💖We are very happy for her, and wish her all the best in this next chapter. #GoodNews #GoodNewsFriday #LGBT

Our new substack article is out today! buff.ly/57jLTuB We are exploring the fight, joy, and exhaustion in feeling disabled and/or d/Deaf and proud.