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.
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We're fighting to get the Government's "Right to Rent" scheme scrapped. Read more
Ask your MP to stand up for human rights and scrap the Hostile Environment! Read more
Over 80 organisations have written to MPs, calling on them to scrap the Hostile Environment, and the unlawful Right to Rent checks Read more
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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
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
The High Court has found a key part of the Hostile Environment to be unlawful. What can MPs do now? Read more