LGBTQI+ people in immigration detention
Tabled 24 February 2025 by Bell Ribeiro-Addy
That this House welcomes the ongoing review of the Home Office's Adults at risk in immigration detention policy; notes that LGBTQI+ people face heightened levels of harassment, discrimination, abuse, and physical and sexual violence in immigration detention; recognises that the bullying of and discrimination against LGBTQI+ people in detention can re-traumatise those who have fled persecution; believes that immigration detention is costly and punitive, and that cheaper and more humane alternatives to detention exist; further welcomes the community-based Alternative to Detention pilots undertaken by the Home Office and supports their wider expansion; calls on the Government to include being gay, lesbian, bisexual or queer in the Adults at risk in immigration detention policies indicators of risk and to remove the categorisation of vulnerability based on evidence levels; and supports the greater use of community-based alternatives to detention.
Signatories (22)
- Bell Ribeiro-Addy Sponsor
- Neil Duncan-Jordan
- Richard Burgon
- Shockat Adam
- Apsana Begum
- Ian Lavery
- John McDonnell
- Euan Stainbank
- Mary Kelly Foy
- Ellie Chowns
- Kim Johnson
- Rachael Maskell
- Steve Witherden
- Ian Byrne
- Kate Osborne
- Brian Leishman
- Carla Denyer
- Nadia Whittome
- Kirsty Blackman
- Ms Diane Abbott
- Claire Hanna
- Martin Rhodes