Fabulous news! Our refugees have passed their interview with the Canadian Embassy and are now just waiting for an appointment with the IOM (International Organization for Migration) which is responsible for flying refugees to their new homes.

For security reasons (and to keep LGBT refugees safe from homophobic attacks by members of their original community who may already be here in Canada), we cannot reveal where our refugees are from nor any details about them here on this blog.

However, if you want to volunteer to help, we have a confidentiality agreement for you to sign which will allow you both to help us with all the many, many details of resettlement and also allow you to know more about the people we are helping.

We've asked about the timeframe and it seems that we're looking at about 6 weeks before this first set of refugees arrives in London.

In addition, we are working with two other groups to bring over other LGBT refugees who have been identified as in need of help. If you would like to volunteer with us or with one of these other groups, please let us know: lgsrlondon@gmail.com.