The RAINBOW REFUGEE COMMITTEE is a participatory and collaborative committee formed by, for and with people from the LGBTQIA+ community who have experienced forced migration.
The aim of the committee is to:
- Support, inspire, coordinate, and above all unify the action and strategic thinking of people in IP (International Protection) and refugees from the LGBTQIA+community living on Belgian territory
- To promote the socio-economic integration of IPS (International Protection Seekers) and refugees from the LGBTQIA+ community on Belgian territory by acting as a mediator with the authorities at all administrative levels of the state apparatus (municipal, regional, community, federal, European and international)
- To support and advise, through a mainly advisory role, governmental authorities and civil society actors in the formulation and implementation of correct integration policies for IPS and refugees from the LGBTQIA+ community in Belgium
- To prepare and support LGBTQIA+ IPS in their refugee status recognition procedure
- To accompanyLGBTQIA+ refugees in their journey towards Belgian citizenship;
The activities of the committee are:
- Setting up of workshops and discussion groups
- Accompaniment and support in the asylum procedure
- Job coaching workshops
- Individual interviews
- Setting upLGBTQIA+ community protection actions in the countries of origin of RAINBOW REFUGEE COMMITTEE members
- Organising of conferences, permanency at the RainbowHouse bar, meetings with the"general" public, etc...
