Landlord threatening to evict the two migrants defended by their Glasgow neighbours on Thursday.
This is the Hostile Environment. Landlords turned into border enforcement agents & migrants with only slumlords to turn to in the end.
This is how they try to break our communities.
This is the Hostile Environment. Landlords turned into border enforcement agents & migrants with only slumlords to turn to in the end.
This is how they try to break our communities.
https://twitter.com/f_c_Fraser/status/1393626795132526594
They don't even have right to rent checks in Scotland (thanks to @JCWI_UK's legal challenge) but the politics of it are insidious.
The divisions and hostility creep way beyond the supposed intended reach of these policies and these are the results.
The divisions and hostility creep way beyond the supposed intended reach of these policies and these are the results.
Our case against Right to Rent, that criminalises renting a home to a migrant without checking their status showed how the policy is poorly understood & results in many landlords simply refusing to rent to any migrant.
That's the racist impact we see here jcwi.org.uk/right-to-rent
That's the racist impact we see here jcwi.org.uk/right-to-rent
Because of this case the policy has not been extended to Scotland, but the rhetoric has reached across the border right enough.
The chilling, fear of providing basic, necessary services to migrants has its impact just the same.
This is what the Hostile Environment is all about.
The chilling, fear of providing basic, necessary services to migrants has its impact just the same.
This is what the Hostile Environment is all about.
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