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  • Resisting the Hostile Environment - Your Toolkit

    Resisting the Hostile Environment - Your Toolkit

    Resist + Persist: Your toolkit of information and resources to resist the Hostile Environment and put the power back in your hands. Read more

  1. Campaigns
  2. Ending the Hostile Environment

Ending the Hostile Environment

Since 2012, it has been an explicit aim of Government immigration policy to create a ‘hostile environment’ for anybody unable to demonstrate their immigration status on demand. From the 'Go Home' vans driven through ethnically diverse neighbourhoods to passport checks in hospitals and schools, the government has worked to create a climate of fear and hostility, criminalising and impoverishing those who may find themselves without status. These are the same policies that have seen long-term residents of the UK, including members of the Windrush Generation, denied healthcare and the right to work and even detained or removed illegally.

JCWI has long warned of the devastating consequences of these measures. And we're working hard, with many others across the UK, to dismantle the Hostile Environment and fight for better, fairer policies.

Will you support our vital work?

Three simple ways to bring humanity into our immigration and asylum systems

Three simple ways to bring humanity into our immigration and asylum systems

Join the movement for a humane and compassionate approach to migrants and refugees Read more

Published: 6th May, 2022

Updated: 10th May, 2022

Author: Ruth Stokes

A decade of resistance - Join us to mark 10 years of the Hostile Environment

A decade of resistance - Join us to mark 10 years of the Hostile Environment

Save the date! Join us on Sunday 19 June to mark 10 years of resistance to the Hostile Environment, and learn how we move forward in the fight for justice Read more

Published: 7th May, 2022

Updated: 9th May, 2022

Author: Mary Atkinson

What should I do if I encounter an immigration raid?

What should I do if I encounter an immigration raid?

Resources and support if you encounter an immigration raid. Read more

Published: 6th May, 2022

Author: Ruth Stokes

Migrants and the COVID inquiry - our joint letter to the inquiry chair

Migrants and the COVID inquiry - our joint letter to the inquiry chair

Good news! The COVID inquiry is set to include migrants' experiences of the pandemic, according to the draft Terms of Reference (March 2022) Read more

Published: 10th March, 2022

Updated: 19th April, 2022

Author: Mary Atkinson

Windrush scandal explained

Windrush scandal explained

Who are the Windrush generation? What is the Windrush scandal? Why did the Windrush scandal happen? All your questions answered. Read more

Published: 13th March, 2020

Updated: 31st March, 2022

Author: Ruth Stokes

"How little can we get away with?" - new report shows the Home Office is failing to learn the lessons of Windrush

An independent inspection has today warned of another Windrush-style scandal unless the Home Office makes meaningful change. (31 March 2022) Read more

Published: 31st March, 2022

Author: Ruth Stokes

'We also want to be safe' - Sign our open letter

'We also want to be safe' - Sign our open letter

As the inquiry into the government's handling of COVID gets underway, we are calling for migrants' experience of the pandemic to be included Read more

Published: 19th January, 2022

Updated: 11th March, 2022

Author: Mary Atkinson

Protecting migrants from Covid-19

Protecting migrants from Covid-19

Our open letter to the Home Secretary, calling for urgent changes to ensure the safety of all migrants in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. (March 2020) Read more

Published: 16th March, 2020

Updated: 2nd March, 2022

Author: Ruth Stokes

Resisting the Hostile Environment - Your Toolkit

Resisting the Hostile Environment - Your Toolkit

Resist + Persist: Your toolkit of information and resources to resist the Hostile Environment and put the power back in your hands. Read more

Published: 21st July, 2021

Updated: 3rd February, 2022

Author: Ruth Stokes

JCWI Evidence Submission to the Windrush Lessons Learned Review Progress Update

JCWI Evidence Submission to the Windrush Lessons Learned Review Progress Update

Our evidence to Wendy Williams' Progress Update on the Windrush Lessons Learned Review. (November 2021) Read more

Published: 30th November, 2021

Updated: 1st December, 2021

Author: Ruth Stokes

Migrant Workers' Rights - Policy Briefing December 2021

Migrant Workers' Rights - Policy Briefing December 2021

Restrictions on the right to work for migrants undermine protections for all workers. Our briefing for MPs, from December 2021, lays out recommendations for how to strengthen labour rights for all workers Read more

Published: 30th November, 2021

Updated: 1st December, 2021

Author: Mary Atkinson

The Hostile Environment explained

The Hostile Environment explained

What is the hostile environment? Who is impacted by the hostile environment? How is the hostile environment connected to the Windrush scandal? All your questions answered. Read more

Published: 17th July, 2020

Updated: 9th November, 2021

Author: Ruth Stokes

Right to Rent

Right to Rent

We're fighting to get the Government's "Right to Rent" scheme scrapped. Read more

Published: 28th November, 2018

Updated: 1st November, 2021

Author: Mary Atkinson

Take action: No one left out of the public safety net

Take action: No one left out of the public safety net

Sign our petition to speak up for people left out of the public safety net, and bring an end to the 'No Recourse to Public Funds' rule for good. Read more

Published: 5th October, 2020

Updated: 23rd March, 2021

Author: Ruth Stokes

Home Office charter flight on 11 February

Home Office charter flight on 11 February

The government wants to deport dozens of people from their home here in the UK - but it hasn't learned anything from the Windrush scandal Read more

Published: 5th February, 2020

Updated: 18th November, 2020

Author: Mary Atkinson

Windrush Lessons Learned Review published

Windrush Lessons Learned Review published

Nearly two years since the Windrush scandal first hit the headlines, the government has finally released the independent review into what went wrong. Read more

Published: 19th March, 2020

Updated: 27th March, 2020

Author: Ruth Stokes

Right to Rent Open Letter

Right to Rent Open Letter

Over 80 organisations have written to MPs, calling on them to scrap the Hostile Environment, and the unlawful Right to Rent checks Read more

Published: 1st June, 2019

Updated: 7th June, 2019

Author: Mary Atkinson

Right to Rent: A Tenant's Guide to Landlord Immigration Checks - November 2016

Right to Rent: A Tenant's Guide to Landlord Immigration Checks - November 2016

Read more

Published: 29th November, 2018

Updated: 19th February, 2019

Author: Mary Atkinson

Access to healthcare

Access to healthcare

Nobody should be denied life-saving care based on their immigration status. We're working hard to prevent the government from building a border in our hospitals and surgeries. Read more

Published: 28th November, 2018

Updated: 5th December, 2018

Author: Mary Atkinson

Dossier of Failure

Dossier of Failure

JCWI and Liberty have published a Dossier of Failure, detailing the need for an Independent Commission into the systematic failures which culminated in the Windrush scandal. Read more

Published: 1st December, 2018

Updated: 5th December, 2018

Author: SATBIR SINGH

Right to Rent declared unlawful: What next?

Right to Rent declared unlawful: What next?

The High Court has found a key part of the Hostile Environment to be unlawful. What can MPs do now? Read more

Published: 1st March, 2019

Author: SATBIR SINGH

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  • A decade of resistance - Join us to mark 10 years of the Hostile Environment

    A decade of resistance - Join us to mark 10 years of the Hostile Environment

    Join us on Sunday 19 June to mark 10 years of resistance to the Hostile Environment, and learn how we move forward in the fight for justice.

  • A decade of resistance - Join us to mark 10 years of the Hostile Environment

    A decade of resistance - Join us to mark 10 years of the Hostile Environment

    Save the date! Join us on Sunday 19 June to mark 10 years of resistance to the Hostile Environment, and learn how we move forward in the fight for justice

  • Three simple ways to bring humanity into our immigration and asylum systems

    Three simple ways to bring humanity into our immigration and asylum systems

    Join the movement for a humane and compassionate approach to migrants and refugees

  • What should I do if I encounter an immigration raid?

    What should I do if I encounter an immigration raid?

    Resources and support if you encounter an immigration raid.

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  • Windrush scandal explained

    Windrush scandal explained

    Who are the Windrush generation? What is the Windrush scandal? Why did the Windrush scandal happen? All your questions answered.

  • Application fees - applying for a fee waiver

    Application fees - applying for a fee waiver

    If you're applying for some forms of leave to remain but can't afford the application fee, you may be able to apply for a fee waiver - more details here

  • The Hostile Environment explained

    The Hostile Environment explained

    What is the hostile environment? Who is impacted by the hostile environment? How is the hostile environment connected to the Windrush scandal? All your questions answered.

  • Join us and stand with Afghan refugees

    Join us and stand with Afghan refugees

    Stand with the people of Afghanistan and call for changes so our asylum system is fit to meet this crisis.

  • What is happening with the Borders Bill?

    What is happening with the Borders Bill?

    What is happening with the anti-refugee Borders Bill? What does the Borders Bill mean for asylum seekers, refugees and other migrants? And what can we do about it? Your questions answered.

  • We won! Home Office to stop using racist visa algorithm

    We won! Home Office to stop using racist visa algorithm

    The Home Office will scrap the racist algorithm it uses to sift visa applications, after we and tech justice organisation Foxglove launched legal action.

  • What happens now the EU Settlement Scheme deadline has passed?

    What happens now the EU Settlement Scheme deadline has passed?

    What happens now the EU Settlement Scheme deadline has passed?

  • Our helplines

    Our helplines

    You may be able to access advice via our helplines. Find out more about how our helplines work.

  • Unspeakably cruel new plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

    Unspeakably cruel new plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

    The British public supports refugees - so why is the Government planning to ship off asylum seekers to Rwanda?

  • Stand with undocumented migrants

    Stand with undocumented migrants

    The UK's immigration system, and the Hostile Environment, drive people out of legal status and stoke divisions. But it doesn't have to be this way - take action now

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