“Deportations of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) asylum seekers are continuing; despite government pledges to ensure fairer treatment,” reports Peter Tatchell, Director of the London-based human rights organisation, the Peter Tatchell Foundation. “Traumatised refugees who have fled homophobic intimidation and violence should not be subjected to removal to countries where they are at risk […]
Tag: borders agency
Felix to be Deported on May 4th
Felix Wamala, the gay Ugandan that the Borders Agency tried to deport on on Christmas Eve and again on the 2nd of January, now faces deportation on the 4th of May. Felix, who has been languishing at Colnbrook detention centre since that date, has been told he will be deported with no right of appeal […]
Asylum Seekers' Update
On International Women’s Day we got the fantastic news that Amanpreet Kaur was released from detention in Yarl’s Wood IRC. Ms Kaur is a lesbian woman who was detained for three months and twice threatened with imminent removal when the authorities refused to let her make an asylum claim based on the persecution she fears […]
Deportation Flight Cancelled
The proposed deportation of Amanpreet Kaur this morning did not go ahead. Amanpreet is a Punjabi Sikh who was to be deported today (1st March) pending the outcome of a judicial review. She is a lesbian who is currently in Yarlswood detention centre where she had a wedding ceremony with her partner Dara, a Punjabi Muslim. […]
Gay Ugandan Wins 11th hour Reprieve
Following consistent intervention, Felix Wamala will not be deported to his native Uganda tonight. The deportation has been deferred while the Borders agency investigate allegations made over the previous deportation attempt. The news was given to Felix by his constituency MP Stephen Timms, who has worked with his team during the holiday period to secure a […]
Gay Ugandan To Be Deported
A gay Ugandan asylum seeker will be spending Christmas in the notoriously homophobic state if the UK Borders Agency has its way. Felix Wamala, who has lived in the UK since 1995, is currently in a detention centre at Gatwick airport awaiting deportation on December the 24th. Felix now 40, says he was tortured in Uganda for his sexual […]