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Southall Black Sisters

7 Apr, 4 tweets, 2 min read

@libertyhq

SBS is alarmed by @libertyhq’s revelations that the @ukhomeoffice rule on rough sleeping may lead to indirect discrimination against abused migrant women and other vulnerable groups. southallblacksisters.org.uk/news/the-mask-…

@ukhomeoffice

Shockingly an Equality Impact Assessment of the policy by @ukhomeoffice accepts that the rule may discriminate specifically on grounds of race eg against Asian women who are homeless as a result of domestic violence. It says this is justified in order to “protect the public”

Whilst the Govt continues to make claims about treating BME survivors as “victims first and foremost” in the context of the #DABill, it is increasingly clear that its hostile anti-immigration agenda will trump the protection of women and girls from violence every time.

@ukhomeoffice

We remind the @ukhomeoffice that we will continue to draw attention to and fight against such forms of state driven violence and discrimination.

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