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Prime Minister Boris Johnson departs 10 Downing Street, Westminster, London, to attend Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament. Picture date: Wednesday May 25, 2022.
A DECADE of the hostile environment has left thousands of migrants destitute and at breaking point or worse, campaigners said on the 10th anniversary since the policies were launched.
On May 25 2012, then-home secretary Theresa May laid out her intention to create a “very hostile environment for illegal immigrants” in an interview with the Daily Telegraph.
The anti-immigration policies that ensued were aimed at making life unbearable for people who had overstayed by restricting their access to healthcare, housing and benefits.
The government’s new immigration proposal risks creating a society where rights are earned, not guaranteed, warn feminist groups Project Resist and FiLiA in a joint statement
Listening to our own communities and organising within them holds the key to stopping the advance of Reform UK and other far-right initiatives, posits TONY CONWAY