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18 April 2018updated 24 Jun 2021 12:23pm

Teachers won’t forget the botched attempt to create a “hostile environment” in our schools

The secret plans to get schools to report immigration status to the Home Office were unnecessary all along.

By Freddie Whittaker

For anyone who reads the news, the term “hostile environment” has become ubiquitous in recent days.

The scandal of the Home Office’s treatment of the Windrush generation of migrants has seen both Theresa May’s tenure at the Home Office and her policy of open hostility to those who would seek a new life in our country thrust into the spotlight.

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