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Executive Summary
Report summary
This report explores how UK immigration policy, law and government decision-making have exacerbated the impact of Covid-19 on migrants, particularly those with insecure immigration status. It focuses on access to justice, Home Office applications, state support, healthcare, and the asylum accommodation system, as well as immigration enforcement. Across all these areas, we highlight how the government’s anti-migrant approach has exposed migrants to increased risk from Covid-19, undermined public health efforts and introduced greater dysfunctionality into an already-broken immigration system.
Key findings
Access to justice Covid-19 and the government’s response have compounded existing barriers to justice for migrants in the UK. The legal system was already close to breaking point when the crisis began, after a decade of austerity and restrictive anti-migrant policies. The Legal Aid Agency&rsqu…