Home Office admits new power to deport migrant rough sleepers may discriminate

From article by Liberty Investigates this week -

‘The Home Office has admitted that a new immigration rule enabling the deportation of migrant rough sleepers may indirectly discriminate against disabled people and ethnic minorities, including Asian women who have survived domestic violence.

An official document obtained by Liberty Investigates under Freedom of Information law outlines the department’s analysis of how the controversial new power – which came into force on 1 December last year, but has not yet been used – will affect at-risk groups.

The eight-page Equality Impact Assessment recognises that homeless people with disabilities “may experience greater disadvantage” if deported to countries with poor access to support services…

The document also accepts the potential of the rule to indirectly discriminate on the grounds of race… ‘