The cost of the Immigration Health Surcharge – a double tax migrant workers have to pay to access healthcare – is set to increase to over £1,000 a year for each person
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hostile environment
Conference hears the surcharge is a form of tax mainly targeting Black people
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For pregnant women, the “hostile environment for migrants” is degrading and forces health workers to act foremost as border control and debt collectors instead of healthcare providers
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A man and woman meet, fall in love and plan to marry. Then a month before the wedding, she’s arrested and threatened with deportation. Welcome to 21st century Britain
Michael Braithwaite, a school teaching assistant who lost his job due to the Windrush scandal, recalls his fear of deportation