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Families caught up in Britain’s immigration system treated as ‘collateral damage,’ report finds
People join a solidarity event outside Napier Barracks in Folkestone, Kent, in support of Asylum seekers housed at the former barracks
FAMILIES who have loved ones living with an insecure immigration status face “extreme and wide-ranging harm,” with children especially affected, according to a new report.
Researchers found that partners and children, including British citizens, are made poorer, sicker, unhappier and experience a diminished sense of belonging because of the immigration status of a loved one.
The findings, detailed in a report published on Tuesday by the University of Birmingham, laid bare the devastating impact of Britain’s immigration system on families.
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