🚨 URGENT STATEMENT: Read ARF’s full response to the UK Asylum Reforms here🚨
READ OUR END OF YEAR IMPACT REPORT NOW!
Welcome to the Annual Impact Report for African Rainbow Family in 2025. Over the period of this year, 2025, we have supported hundreds of LGBTIQ+ people seeking asylum and refugees around the UK, as well as lead on a number of key achievements in UK and European asylum policies.
A word from our CEO and Founder, Aderonke Apata:
“I wish to extend my deepest gratitude to every supporter of African Rainbow Family in 2025. In a year of marked hostility for refugees and people seeking asylum, our community’s unwavering solidarity has been vital. Looking ahead, we are proud of our new official IAA accreditation, which ensures high-standard legal advice as we continue our dedicated mission to secure dignity and justice for all.”
ACCESS TO
JUSTICE
We are advocating for the rights of refugees and people seeking asylum in the UK to access legal support.
In the UK, the legal aid system is currently in crisis. Sadly, this has disproportionately affected members of the queer community who are within the asylum system, with 57.3% of LGBT+ people seeking asylum that we support having no solicitor or caseworker. Furthermore, it has been expressed by many of our service users, especially those of trans experience, that it is even more difficult to find a legal representative who understands their experience and can reflect this in their case and time spent working together.
