Activists from Stand Up to Racism hold a demonstration outside the Home Office's Glasgow Immigration Enforcement Reporting Centre to demand change and the end of hotel detention of refugees in July
MINISTERS have been accused of introducing “sweeping changes” to the immigration system “through the back door,” including rules that will allow rough sleepers to be deported.
The changes to immigration rules, detailed in a 500-page report, were quietly released on Thursday and set out the government’s new “points-based” immigration system due to come into effect on January 1.
Under the changes, being a rough sleeper will become grounds to refuse permission to stay in Britain or existing permission to be cancelled.
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