FOI reference: FOI-2025-2493
You asked
I would like to request the following information:
Migration
How many women and LGBTQ+ individuals from Latin América have been sheltered in public refugees from 2003 to 2023? As well as any data that you may have from 2024
- Please provide a breakdown by region or country of origin.
- Please, include the following countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Nicaragua, Panama, Perú, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
Are there specific protocols or differential policies for migrant women who are victims of domestic or honour based abuse by their male partners or former partners? If such documents exist, please attach them.
What are the state protocols for addressing domestic or honour based abuse by their male partners or former partners reported by migrant women and migrant LGBTQ+ individuals from Latin América?
In cases where women or LGBTQ+ individuals report domestic or honour based abuse by their male partners or former partners without legal documentation to remain in the UK, what is the protocol?Specify whether there is a risk of deportation, whether they are granted with special protection, or if there is no data available.
Are there risks of deportation for migrant women and migrant LGBTQ+ individuals who report domestic or honour based abuse by their male partners or former partners?
- If so, what is the total number of related deportations?
- Please provide a breakdown by region or country of origin.
- Please include the following countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Nicaragua, Panama, Perú, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
What is the total number of deportations of women or LGBTQ+ individuals who reported domestic or honour based abuse by their male partners or former partners from 2003 to 2023? As well as any data that you may have from 2024
- Please provide a breakdown by type of violence (domestic violence or honour based violence)
- If available, please provide information about the nature of the bond between deported complainants and defendants (Were they related? Were they a couple? Strangers? etc.)
- If available, please provide data of the region or country of origin of the deported women or LGBTQ+ individuals. If available, please provide specific data about the following countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Nicaragua, Panama, Perú, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
What is considered domestic abuse in the UK? Does the law classify or judge in different ways abuse against women and LGBTQ+ individuals who report domestic or honour based abuse by their male partners or former partners?
What is considered honour based abuse in the UK?
What is the total number of domestic abuse complaints filled by women and LGBTQ+ individuals registered from 2003 to 2023? As well as any data that you may have from 2024
- Please provide a breakdown by the region or country of origin of the complainants.
- Please, include the following countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Nicaragua, Panama, Perú, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
- If available, please provide information about the nature of the bond between complainants and defendants (Were they related? were they a couple? Strangers? etc.) Please, provide the methodology used to collect this data
What is the total number of honour based abuse complaints filled by women and LGBTQ+ individuals registered from 2003 to 2023? As well as any data that you may have from 2024
- Please provide a breakdown by subtype of violence (domestic based abuse)
- Please provide a breakdown by region or country of origin of the complainants. Please, include the following countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Nicaragua, Panama, Perú, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
- If available, please provide information about the nature of the bond between complainants and defendants (Were they related? were they a couple? Strangers? etc.) Please, provide the methodology used to collect this data
What information is available about the perpetrators of domestic and/or honour based abuse against migrant women and LGBTQ+ migrants?
What is the annual number of murdered women recorded from 2003 to 2023? As well as any data that you may have from 2024
- Please provide breakdown by the victim's relationship with the perpetrator.
- Provide a breakdown by the region or country of origin of the victims. Please, include the following countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Nicaragua, Panama, Perú, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
- Please, provide the methodology used to collect this data
What is the annual number of murdered LGBTQ+ individuals recorded from 2003 to 2023? As well as any data that you may have from 2024. Please provide breakdown by the victim's relationship with the perpetrator.
- Provide a breakdown by the region or country of origin of the victims. Please, include the following countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Nicaragua, Panama, Perú, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
- Please, provide the methodology used to collect this data
State support
14. How many calls for assistance in cases of domestic and/or honour based abuse violence have been made by Latin-American women and Latin-American LGBTQ+ Individuals (including all the countries requested in prior questions) to state or local support hotlines?
- If disaggregated data is unavailable, include totals for Spanish- or Portuguese-speaking individuals.
15. How many interpreters in Spanish or Portuguese are available to assist victims of domestic and/or honor-related violence in public services?
State policies and measures
16. What specific policies exist to protect migrant women and LGBTQ+ individuals who are victims of domestic and/or honour based abuse?
17. Are there statistics on the impact of these policies in reducing domestic and/or honour based abuse in migrant communities?
18. What resources have been allocated by the state to address this issue? For example, budgets, personnel, shelters.
We said
Thank you for your request. For reference, we are only able to provide statistics based on data collected in England and Wales. For data, practices and policies for Scotland and Northern Ireland, please contact the respective government organisations.
For questions 1 to 6, while we do publish some information on international migration, but unfortunately we do not hold the specific information you have requested. The Home Office are primarily responsible for the specific data on migration you are interested in and would be best placed to assist you. They can be contacted at the following address: MigrationStatsEnquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk.
To answer questions 7 and 8 on the definitions of domestic abuse and honour-based abuse, the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 provides a definition of domestic abuse, which can be found here: Domestic Abuse Act 2021. For further information on the legislation of domestic abuse, please contact the Home Office at domesticabuseenquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk. A definition of honour-based abuse can be found in the most recent honour-based abuse offences publication published by the Home Office here: Statistics on so called 'honour-based' abuse offences, England and Wales, year ending March 2024 - GOV.UK. More information can also be found on the Crown Prosecution website here: So-Called Honour-Based Abuse and Forced Marriage: Guidance on Identifying and Flagging cases | The Crown Prosecution Service. For any further questions on honour-based abuse, the Home Office would be best placed to assist and can be contacted at CrimeandPoliceStats@homeoffice.gov.uk.
In response to question 9 on the total number of domestic abuse complaints, the ONS is responsible for the publication of statistics relating to domestic abuse in England and Wales. These statistics are derived from two primary sources: the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) and offences recorded by the police identified as domestic abuse related. Domestic abuse is often a hidden crime that is not reported to the police, therefore, data held by the police can only provide a partial picture of the actual level of domestic abuse experienced. Using self-reported data from the CSEW alongside police recorded crime provides a more accurate estimate of domestic abuse experienced in England and Wales. The most recent estimates published are for March 2024 and can be found here alongside historic data: Domestic abuse prevalence and victim characteristics - Office for National Statistics. Table 6 provide details of the prevalence of domestic abuse broken down by a number of characteristics including sex, sexual orientation and whether born in the UK or not. Table 1a to Table 5 and Table 7 include the number of domestic abuse incidents self-reported by victims broken down by partner (and ex-partner) or family member. Due to the sample size of the CSEW, further information on the region or country of origin of the victim is not available. For more information on police recorded crime, please contact the Home Office directly.
In response to question 10, honour-based abuse statistics are the responsibility of the Home Office. The most recent publication of these statistics can be found here: Statistics on so called 'honour-based' abuse offences, England and Wales, year ending March 2024 - GOV.UK. For further information, please contact the Home Office directly at CrimeandPoliceStats@homeoffice.gov.uk.
To answer question 11 on the perpetrators of domestic abuse, we do not hold information on the breakdowns requested. For information we do hold on the perpetrators of domestic abuse, please refer to the most recently published data for England and Wales: Domestic abuse prevalence and victim characteristics - Office for National Statistics. For further information on the perpetrators of domestic abuse as well as honour-based abuse, please contact the Home Office.
To answer questions 12 and 13, some of this information can be found in the ONS' most recent homicide publication here: Homicide in England and Wales - Office for National Statistics. This publication includes, but is not limited to, trends in homicide rate, breakdowns including sex, age and ethnicity, the relationship between victims and suspects and the characteristics of convicted suspects. The ONS also publish data on homicide here: Appendix tables: homicide in England and Wales - Office for National Statistics. Published homicide data is sourced from the Home Office's Homicide Index which contains detailed record-level information about each homicide recorded by police in England and Wales. For more information, please contact the Home Office directly.
To answer questions 14 and 15, we publish some information on domestic abuse helplines within the domestic abuse compendium. The latest data can be found here: Domestic abuse victim services - Office for National Statistics. The ONS does not hold the breakdowns requested or any further information on the helplines. Please contact the individual helplines directly for further information.
We are unable to answer questions 16, 17 and 18 as we are not responsible for policies on migration, domestic abuse or honour-based abuse. Please contact the Home Office who may be able to assist with your request.
If you have any other crime-related queries in the future, you can email crimestatistics@ons.gov.uk.