Written Question·Home Office·UIN 8866

Immigration Removal Centres: LGBT+ People

Tabled: 14 October 2024

Answered: 22 October 2024

Question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the risk of (a) abuse, (b) harassment and (c) violence faced by LGBTQI+ people in immigration detention centres.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

It is vital that detention and removal are carried out with dignity and respect, and we take the welfare and safety of people in our care very seriously. We will not tolerate any form of discrimination against those who are detained in our immigration rem...

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