Home Office: new deportation law may discriminate against ethnic minorities

Internal report reveals risk to migrant rough sleepers in crackdown

The Home Office has admitted that a new immigration rule to criminalise and deport migrant rough sleepers may discriminate against ethnic minorities, including Asian women who have survived domestic violence.

An internal document outlines the department's analysis of how the new power - which prompted widespread outrage when it came into force four months ago - would also indirectly affect at-risk groups, including people with disabilities.