Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour), on Monday, 24 February 2025, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 20 members in total.

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LGBTQI+ people in immigration detention

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.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

809 

Session

2024-26

Other sponsors

Shockat Adam

Richard Burgon

Ian Lavery

Neil Duncan-Jordan

Apsana Begum

Subjects

LGBT+ people Immigration removal centres

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk