We’ve written to the government’s scientific advisors, urging them to look at how Home Office policies are putting lives in danger in this pandemic.
In the letter we call for changes to ensure:
A vaccination programme that works for everyone, regardless of immigration status. That means we need a firewall between the NHS and the Home Office, and an end to NHS charging for migrant patients.
Access to the social safety net so we can say no to dangerous working conditions. That means suspending the ‘No Recourse to Public Funds’ visa condition.
Public health comes first. That means suspending detention and deportations, and end the hostile environment for migrants. We need fundamental rights so we can access healthcare, secure housing and safe work.
At JCWI we have been campaigning for fairer immigration rules and justice for migrants in the UK since 1967.
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Read the letter as a pdf
14 January 2021
Dear Sir Patric…
