We should all be free to show our love for one another today, but for many LGBTQI+ people seeking asylum here that’s just not possible.
Some will have been placed in immigration detention, where they face discrimination, harassment and violence if their sexual orientation is or gender identity discovered. Others will be sent back to countries where they could be persecuted or killed, because they have been unable to “prove” that they are LGBTQI+.
The Government’s #AntiRefugeeBill will make this so much worse, placing more LGBTQI+ people in unsafe institutional accommodation that is like detention, and raising the bar for people trying to prove they are LGBTQI+.
That’s why, this Valentine’s Day, we’re asking MPs to show some love for LGBTQI+ people fleeing persecution, by promising to defend LGBTQI+ asylum when the #AntiRefugeeBill returns to the House of Commons.
Will you help by tweeting your MP on Monday 14 February?
Simply:
- Find your MP’s Twitter handle
- Open a draft tweet
- Copy the message below into the draft tweet after your MP’s Twitter handle
- Your message will automatically include the valentines image below if you keep the “pic.twitter” link at the end.
- Tweet away!
Tweet:
We should all be free to show our love today, but for many LGBTQI+ people seeking asylum here that’s not possible. The #AntiRefugeeBill will make it much worse. As my MP please defend LGBTQI+ people when the Bill returns to the Commons pic.twitter.com/tE8S6UyQry
