Charities Referring Rough Sleepers To Immigration Enforcement Teams

Leading homelessness charities whose remit is to protect vulnerable rough sleepers have been passing information about some of them to the Home Office, leading to their removal from the UK. A report from Corporate Watch, The Round Up, reveals concerns about homelessness charities’ links to immigration enforcement and comes at a time of increasing disquiet about the involvement of landlords, schools and the NHS with immigration enforcement.  Civil liberties campaigners have accused the government of having a toxic “border on every street” policy. Read more on the Guardian website.