# LGBT migrant charity that claims British state kills asylum seekers pockets almost £1million of lottery money

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/lgbt-migrant-charity-that-claims-british-state-kills-asylum-seekers-pockets-almost-1million-of-lottery-money/
- Published: 2026-11-06T21:53:18+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T22:03:35+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16273023/LGBT-migrant-charity-pockets-lottery-money.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Elections, Politics, UK, World

## Key points

- Rainbow Migration received £952,000 in lottery funding over two years.
- Conservative politicians criticised the charity’s campaigning.
- LGBT+ asylum claims reached 1,400 in 2023.

## Summary

Rainbow Migration, a UK charity supporting LGBT+ people seeking asylum, received £952,000 from National Lottery funds in 2023 and 2024 for staffing and core costs, according to its accounts. The funding has drawn criticism from Conservative politicians, who say lottery money should not support the charity’s campaigning on migration policy.

The charity campaigns against detention of LGBT+ asylum seekers and has criticised the UK’s migration system, including claims that state policies can lead to asylum seekers being harmed or killed. Its work includes helping people with asylum applications; international law bars deportation where someone faces a risk of persecution, torture or death. LGBT+ asylum claims rose by 90 per cent from 2021 to 2023, reaching 1,400, while the National Lottery Community Fund defended the work of its grant holders.

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