Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Sep 27, 2023

#SuellaBraverman #comments #condemned by #UN #refugee #agency.

The UNHCR, in a statement issued shortly after Braverman's speech, said there is no need for reform “or more restrictive interpretation, but for stronger and more consistent application of the convention and its underlying principle of responsibility-sharing”.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Tories #TERFS #Immigration #PoliticalAsylum #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Genocide #Homophobia #Transphobia https://www.thenational.scot/news/23815997.suella-braverman-comments-condemned-un-refugee-agency/

Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Sep 27, 2023

#UN #rebukes #SuellaBraverman over her #attack on #refugee #convention.

The #UNHCR issued a highly unusual #statement on Tuesday defending the #1951refugeeconvention and highlighting the #UK’s #record #asylum #claim #backlog.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/sep/26/un-suella-braverman-refugee-convention-unhcr-migration

UN rebukes Suella Braverman over her attack on refugee convention

UNHCR defends 1951 convention after UK home secretary’s speech on ‘uncontrolled and illegal migration’

The Guardian
Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Sep 27, 2023

‘#Shameful, #cruel and #dangerous’
#SuellaBraverman's ‘absurd and outrageous’ #plans to overhaul #internationalrefugeeconventions #condemned

#WomenforRefugeeWomen called Ms Braverman’s comments “absurd and outrageous.” they continued “The majority of women, including #LGBTQ+ #women, we support are #survivors of #persecution including #gender-based #abuse, #sexualviolence, #rape, and other #torture.”

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/shameful-cruel-and-dangerous

‘Shameful, cruel and dangerous’

Braverman's ‘absurd and outrageous’ plans to overhaul international refugee conventions condemned

Morning Star
Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Sep 27, 2023

'#Inhuman' #SuellaBraverman condemned by #LGBT #asylumseekers who say they cannot leave #UK.

#SkyNews spoke to three members of the #LGBT #community, all of whom left their #homelands for a new #life in #Britain.

https://news.sky.com/story/inhuman-suella-braverman-condemned-by-lgbt-asylum-seekers-who-say-they-cannot-leave-uk-12970533

'Inhuman' Suella Braverman condemned by LGBT asylum seekers who say they cannot leave UK

Sky
Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈

#Scottish #Refugee #Council '#horrified' by #SuellaBraverman #speech

The #HomeSecretary was branded “#notfitforoffice” by the #SNP in a #scathing #assessment of her #speech, with #refugee #charities also #condemning her #comments.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/23815781.scottish-refugee-council-horrified-suella-braverman-speech/

Sep 27, 2023 at 5:19pmWeb
Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Sep 27, 2023

#SuellaBraverman should #listen to #LGBTQ+ #asylumseekers to truly #understand why they #flee.

It’s an #insulting #argument, but a hardly surprising #sentiment from a #woman some people call #Cruella.

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/26/suella-braverman-asylum-seekers-lgbtq-refugee/

Suella Braverman should listen to LGBTQ+ asylum seekers to truly understand why they flee

Suella Braverman fundamentally misunderstands asylum seekers. If she listened to their stories, she would strike a very different tone.

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