In this conversation, Zoe Gardner, policy advisor at the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, covers: 
How immigration exposes women to a higher risk of violence and abuse
Why policing and immigration enforcement must be decoupled
WTF “no recourse to public funds” and the “hostile environment” are
How legal migrants are pushed into undocumented status
Getting your COVID vaccine even if you’re undocumented
The exodus of European migrants from the UK & the post-Brexit settlement scheme
How US immigration activists inspire the British movement
What a safe and constructive immigration system would look like
Show notes00:00 Intro02:18 "All women understand how all women have felt over the last week"03:28 "We have a deeply unfeminist immigration system"06:21 "It's by dividing ourselves that we are doing the work of the oppressor for them"08:09 "MPs must put their vote where their mouth is"10:32 "We feed the business model of the worst criminals in our society"16:38 "The hostile environment extends into our NHS"21:55 "Tens and tens of thousands of new undocumented immigrants in our country just overnight"26:27 "If you make a mistake, you are out"29:38 "The movement in the US is a real inspiration to us in the UK"33:52 "People move. People have always moved. People will always move."37:43 OutroReports citedWhen the clapping stops: EU Care Workers after Brexit. JCWI.Migrants with No Recourse to Public Fund experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic. JCWI.Migrants deterred from healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic. JCWI. Estimating the UK population during the pandemic. Jonathan Portes and Michael O’Connor, Economic Statistics Center of Excellence.More on the case of Osime Brown

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