With the death of Pope Francis, the world loses not only a church leader but also a moral compass that spoke out against inequality, discrimination, war, and climate destruction, writes MARC VANDEPITTE
Sajid Javid’s bid to reduce migrants’ rights
SOLOMON HUGHES examines how the Home Secretary’s new regional pay thresholds plan would effectively create a system of ‘pass laws’ to further exploit migrants

HOME SECRETARY Sajid Javid is edging closer towards a nasty policy of regional work permits for migrants, which would use the “hostile environment” apparatus to push all new migrants into a legal status as second-class citizens.
The thing to grasp is that the real sting in post-Brexit government migration policy is not about “numbers” it is about rights.
The Tories claim that they want to leave the EU because they will have control of migration and be able to reduce “numbers” to satisfy anti-migrant feelings.
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