Asylum in the UK: LGBT+ experience of the asylum system
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Who this event is for
Location
John Henry Brookes Main Lecture Theatre, John Henry Brookes Building, Headington Campus
Details
Antonia Bright, national spokesperson of the Movement for
Justice (MFJ), will facilitate a conversation with MFJ LGBT+
refugees, including Aisha Shumazzi, about their experience
of the asylum system.
LGBT+ relationships are illegal in 74 countries around the
world. In 13 of those countries being gay is punishable
with death (Independent 2016). Many people come to the
UK seeking a new life free from these prejudices. MFJ
represents and protests on behalf of the UK asylum seekers
and has done extensive work with LGBT+ asylum seekers.
Issues up for discussion include why the fight for immigrant
rights and against the use of detention centres is important,
and what role LGBT+ people are playing in the movement.
