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Theresa May's hostile environment ‘incentivises racism,’ court told

THERESA MAY'S hostile environment for migrants “encourages landlords to commit race discrimination” and risks fuelling homelessness, the High Court heard today.

Charities are targeting the Home Office’s Right to Rent scheme, which requires landlords in England to check the nationality of their tenants.

The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) said the scheme “conscripts landlords as border officials on pain of imprisonment.”

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