We are so pleased to see our Founder and CEO, Aderonke Apata, spotlighted in this incredible Black Lesbian Power List produced by UK Black Pride and DIVA for Lesbian Visibility Week ✊🏾🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

We all know Daniel Anjorin did nothing wrong.
We all know that the man charged with his murder attacked other people.
I don't understand this headline & I'm not being deliberately obtuse.
Of all things to write in a tribute to this poor boy this headline seems really off to me 🤔

We refuse to bow down or buckle under, we will always speak up for the rights of all people seeking asylum and refugees, especially those who are LGBTIQ+ ✊🏾

🚨 Sign our No Pride in Deportation petition today, before it is too late! 🚨

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6521…

We hope that you join everyone at African Rainbow Family African Rainbow Family in giving a huge congratulations to Henry Ese Idigun, one of our siblings from our London centre, who's just been granted their #refugee status! 🏳️‍🌈🎊 #Noprideindeportation #RefugeesWelcome #LGBTIQ #Freedom

That people earmarked to be trafficked to #Rwanda are given a govt produced holiday style brochure, reminds me of one of these produced for people deported to Jamaica, which advised they should try to speak with a Jamaican accent to avoid standing out.

theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

We’ll continue to support women with NOI and who are locked up in detention.

The cruel Rwanda plan must be scrapped, to prevent people seeking safety from risk of further harm, exploitation or abuse.

Women seeking safety in the UK should be supported to heal and thrive.

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Channel your anger here: Sign the African Rainbow Family's petition calling the UK government to end the harmful practice of deporting or removing #LGBTIQ people seeking #asylum to #Rwanda # #stoprwandadeportations #NoDeportation #SeekingAsylum is a #HumanRight #RefugeesWelcome

The dangers of #Rwanda for #LGBTIQ + people have been recognised by the Home Office on multiple occasions, yet we still await any confirmation that this community will be protected from deportation.

Sign our petition now to demand this protection: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6521…

We are proud to be part of this joint enquiry by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Migration and the APPG on Poverty.

ARF has made our written submissions, along with many organisations in the sector, to the report, reviewing the effects of UK Immigration on Poverty.

Vulnerable asylum seekers offered £3K to go to #Rwanda . Some may unwittingly accept, providing a tiny victory to govt. But they know that the #Rwanda Plan is not viable nor a deterrent of any sort, but by the time the country catches up, it won't matter.

theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…

Interesting #Windrush case.

Of course, the real reason 3 WLLR recs were dropped was because 2 of them - a migrant's commissioner & expanding the role of the inspectorate, went beyond Windrush to benefit ALL migrants. A bad thing in Braverman's eyes!
theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…

Richard Black is represented by Leigh Day partner and head of immigration and asylum law Jacqueline (Jacqui) Mckenzie

If that's the case why did the UK bother to loot countries it colonialised?
Whenever Bad Enoch bumps her gums the lights are always on but no one is ever at home 🙄

This is about to become a MASSIVE problem. A low proportion of asylum seekers have lost their case until now but there have just been a LOT of decisions. That means many, many more appeals than we’ve seen for years.

This is a gross erasure of how the UK built its wealth. The C of E, Guardian and Lloyds are prominent examples that openly show how our church, media and financial systems are rooted in colonialism and slavery

This is not a matter of conjecture, but fact
theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

Today, we have (probably) two amendments to vote on and I'm delighted to say that The Labour Party will be voting.
That means, if we win the vote, the Bill goes back again to the Commons.
If you have a Tory MP, pl tell them that the #RwandaBill is inhumane and illegal.
Stupid, too.

#CostaRica won't receive asylum seekers from UK, despite media reports. President Chaves: 'We communicated to UK that CR will not receive any overseas immigrants.' The country remains a transit route but isn't accepting UK's proposal. #Immigration

ticotimes.net/2024/04/16/cos…

🧵: Most people know Anthony Williams as a Windrush victim given the extensive media coverage of his case. That was in part because what happened to him was a visceral failure of state, in so many different ways.

I set out my thoughts here: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Channel 4 News will feature an exclusive on my client, Richard Black, tonight. Richard, who returned to the UK on Monday after 40 years exclusion, questions why justice evades Black people even when major wrongs have been committed.

#WindrushScandal
#HostileEnvironment

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