An Aspen Card, as described by Privacy International “is a debit payment card given to UK asylum seekers [people seeking asylum] by the Home Office. The Aspen Card provides basic subsistence support, but purchases on the card are closely monitored by the Home Office, making it an insidious surveillance tool.” I believe that changes should …
We are recruiting for new Trustees to join our Trustee Board! African Rainbow Family (ARF) is a small registered charity (registration number 1185902) that support LGBTIQ people of African heritage and the wider Black Asian Minority Ethnic groups. ARF was established in 2014 in the wake of some Commonwealth countries in Africa’s toxic and draconian …
Seeking asylum is not a crime. As a lesbian woman who has to prove that I am a lesbian in order to get protection here in the UK, I have to provide evidence of my sexuality.
History gives meaning to the present. History is a reference when we need to gain strength.
African Rainbow Family: Submission on Unequal Impact of Covid-19. People seeking asylum have a range of added inequalities of social isolation, lack of housing, finance and access to healthcare. LGBTIQ people seeking asylum are in particularly, hardest hit.
“At a point I put my hands up and gradually I started to accept myself, sounds easy but there were and are still moments I fall back because of homophobic comments and all that stuff but I always come back stronger after I look within.”
African Rainbow Family’s Organisational First Response: Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19) Ongoing arrangements for the office, meetings and support for members: As a small Charity we are aware of the need to act to support and protect our members, coordinators, volunteers and staff especially those of us who are or can be ‘vulnerable’ for whatever reason. We …
Unreported! Sexual Abuse & Exploitation of LGBTIQs Seeking Asylum On 11th August 2018 in Manchester, African Rainbow Family held our second annual conference, Unreported! Sexual Abuse & Exploitation of LGBTIQs Seeking Asylum. The conference attracted delegates from diverse walks of life with speakers whom are ‘Experts by Experience’ (our members), including speakers from the House …
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LGBTIQ refugee conference calls for end to sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of LGBTIQ refugees and high standard of proof sexuality policy Conference exposes unreported sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, domestic violence and servitude in LGBTIQ people seeking asylum community Refugee speakers will tell of their experiences of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation and domestic violence. Explore ongoing …
It’s Here! Friends, Count down to our second Annual Conference Unreported! Sexual Abuse & Exploitation of LGBTIQs Seeking Asylum, UK on 11/8/18 in Manchester is here! What are you waiting for? You can’t afford to miss it!! Book your ticket here. Invite your friends and share the event with your networks!!! African Rainbow Family is grateful to the generosity …
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