‘Unacceptable and cruel’: Foreign rough sleepers to face deportation after Brexit

Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Home Office said removal of rough sleepers would only take place if they refused offers of support and were engaged in persistent anti-social behaviour, and that the new provision would be used “sparingly”. Lawyers said the new rules ignored the “many different reasons” why people may be sleeping rough, some of which directly related to Home Office’s hostile environment policies. “Twice so far this year alone, the government has been found to have unlawfully applied policies to people subject to immigration control that have resulted in a period of rough sleeping,” Ms Lenegan said. He added: “The rules will also undermine trust in homeless charities providing vital support, as has happened with similar policies in the past, causing people to avoid seeking help in the first place.” Anna Yassin, migrant project manager at Glass Door, said she was concerned that the legislation would “perpetuate an environment of fear” and prevent people from seeking the support they need to move beyond homelessness.