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Slide 1: From 1st December 2020, rough sleeping will become grounds for deportation.
Slide 2: New immigration rules will make rough sleeping grounds for deportation for many non-UK nationals. From December people could find their right to remain in the UK cancelled or refused if they spend as little as one night sleeping rough. The pandemic is pushing more into poverty and the rule changes make people vulnerable to exploitation and modern slavery.]
The UK can now deport legal immigrants for sleeping rough. The same immigrants who they bar from receiving most welfare benefits, including free healthcare. This will mean many people not accessing the support of charities and shelters when they need it most, for fear of being thrown out.
Sign these 2 petitions to fight it (linked in notes)
Go sign these petitions if you live in the UK (or are a British citizen)
https://campaigns.crisis.org.uk/page/70462/petition/1
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/561884
We’re a third of the way to it being debated in parliament
Petition links in this reblog!
















