Four churches represented by the Joint Public Issues Team (JPIT) are calling for an end to the ‘hostile environment’ – UK government policies designed to make life so difficult for people who cannot prove they have the right to live in the UK that they will choose to leave.
The hostile environment ‘deliberately inflicts destitution, encourages discrimination, and thrives on distrust’ say the Baptist Union of Great Britain, Church of Scotland, Methodist Church and United Reformed Church (URC). The churches say the policies are inhumane because they deliberately inflict destitution; are discriminatory and encourage xenophobia and racial profiling; and build a culture of suspicion and distrust.
You can download the full report Destitution, Discrimination, Distrust: The Hostile Environment from the JPIT website.
