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Teachers who created hostile environment at Montreal school have licences revoked
Quebec's Education Department has revoked the teaching licences for all 11 staff members accused of creating a toxic climate at a Montreal elementary school.
#Politics #Quebecpolitics
https://globalnews.ca/news/11845464/bedford-montreal-school-education-licences/

Global News 3d ago

Richard Hull Apr 27

Shocking. Shabana Mahmood is just continuing Theresa May's #HostileEnvironment, trying to outflank Reform and the rest of the #Far-right. Excellent from Hugh Muir. #ForcedDeportation www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A brutal wrestle on a plane, p...

A brutal wrestle on a plane, passengers outraged, attendants helpless: I saw the UK’s deportation policy at work

On the runway at Gatwick, the visceral reality of forced removals was laid bare. If only more could see what is done in our name, says Hugh Muir, executive editor, Opinion

The Guardian

Jules she/her Apr 23

Migrant workers and the UK’s largest union #Unison will carry out a mass leafleting campaign in #ShabanaMahmood’s Birmingham constituency to protest against a planned change in #immigration policy. About one-third of all care workers and one-fifth of all NHS workers are migrants.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/23/migrant-care-workers-unison-shabana-mahmood-earned-settlement

#UKpol #UKImmigration #HostileEnvironment

Migrant care workers to leaflet Shabana Mahmood constituents over longer wait to settle

Campaign is said to be first time Labour-affiliated Unison is lobbying en masse against a key party policy

The Guardian

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Jules she/her Mar 24

Six students challenge Home Office visa ban on four countries
Sudanese and Afghan students with offers to study in UK say government’s ‘emergency brake’ is discriminatory

The students – five from Sudan and one from Afghanistan – have undergraduate degrees in medicine and science-based subjects and received offers from universities including Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial College London.

However, this month the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, announced a ban on student visas for people from Sudan, Afghanistan, Myanmar and Cameroon, which will come into force on 26 March.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/23/six-students-challenge-home-office-visa-ban-sudan-afghanistan

#UKpol #HostileEnvironment #UKRacism

Six students challenge Home Office visa ban on four countries

Sudanese and Afghan students with offers to study in UK say government’s ‘emergency brake’ is discriminatory

The Guardian

Jules she/her Mar 24

‘They singled out non-white, foreign-born workers’: the restaurants raided by Britain’s version of ICE
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/24/restaurants-raided-britain-version-ice-immigration

#UKpol #HostileEnvironment #ukRacism #UKXenophobia

‘They singled out non-white, foreign-born workers’: the restaurants raided by Britain’s version of ICE

They’re not armed and they keep a relatively low profile. But the Home Office’s immigration compliance and enforcement officers have searched thousands of business in pursuit of illegal workers. Are they abusing their powers?

The Guardian

Will Tuladhar-Douglas Feb 26

The officers charged with defending British borders -

who steal from their refugee victims, steal identity papers, launder stolen money, and are themselves illegal migrants.

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/uk-immigration-officers-deny-stealing-cash-from-small-boat-migrants

#hostileenvironment #corruption #thugs

UK immigration officers deny stealing cash from 'small boat' migrants

LONDON, Feb 26 - Five British immigration officers on Thursday pleaded not guilty to misconduct in public office and conspiracy to steal from migrants who had arrived in Britain on small boats, ahead of a trial in January 2028. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Straits Times

Jules she/her Dec 20

Gaza PhD student and family evacuated to UK after Foreign Office U-turn
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/19/gaza-phd-student-manar-al-houbi-granted-access-to-uk-but-others-remain-stranded

"As part of a UK crackdown on immigration, most international students have been prevented from bringing their dependants.

Shortly after Houbi’s story, the UK government made a U-turn on its policy, stating it would support the evacuation of dependants on a “case-by-case basis”."

#UKPol #UKImmigration #HostileEnvironment

Gaza PhD student and family evacuated to UK after foreign office U-turn

Manar al-Houbi’s family had been denied entry despite a scholarship covering their living costs, but other students remain stranded

The Guardian

Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK Dec 4

400 #jobs lost and an entire #University campus closed in #Essex due to a decline in #InternationalStudent numbers (clearly the effect of our #HostileEnvironment for #Immigration) - and this Uni is offering courses in #HealthAndSocialCare for jobs which are in high demand in the region!

https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2025-12-03/misery-for-staff-and-students-as-uni-cuts-400-jobs-and-closes-campus

Jules she/her Nov 29

"Mahmood announces ban on taxi use for asylum seeker medical trips"

The way this is framed is that asylum seekers are getting taxis at the taxpayers' expense because they're too lazy to get public transport. The reality is that the companies running asylum hotels are responsible for arranging their transport to medical appointments, so have mutually highly profitable contracts with taxi companies at the taxpayers' expense to get them there. Blame the right people.

#UKpol #HostileEnvironment