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.@Sajidjavid: I didn't mention Tories or Govt. I blamed the Home Office & I stand by that. I've been frank about failures of successive Govt's. But it was your Govt & your PM that introduced the hostile environment, pandering to far right xenophobia & anti-immigrant rhetoric.
But while I have you, can you answer some of the Qs I've been asking you and your government since April? Exactly how many have been detained, deported & refused re-entry following Home Office hounding?
How many have been left jobless, homeless, denied benefits and left destitute because of your department's errors? Why is there no hardship fund right now for those in financial ruin through no fault of their own? And when will they finally receive full compensation?
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