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Migrant rights campaign group granted legal challenge over NHS/Home Office data sharing

A HIGH Court judge allowed a legal challenge today to an information-sharing agreement that allows immigrants’ personal data to be sent to the Home Office by healthcare providers.

The Migrants Rights Network (MRN) was granted a judicial review of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Home Office and the Department of Health that allows NHS Digital to disclose the personal data of migrants suspected of immigration offences.

They submit that the MoU “interferes with the privacy and data protection rights of migrants and discriminates against vulnerable groups of people.”

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