Home Office removal of European rough sleepers challenged
The Home Office threatening to remove thousands of European homeless people has been questioned in the High Court.
The judicial review of the Home Office policy enabling the removal of European homeless people who are living on the street will start tomorrow, November 21.
In London alone, at least 95 rough sleepers have been removed in the last year and a half, according to a Freedom of Information request by NELMA and Housing Action South London. However, the number is likely to be higher, as most boroughs said they did not hold this information.
The policy means Immigration Compliance and Enforcement (ICE) teams can arrest, detain and remove homeless EU nationals from the UK for sleeping rough. The guidance was issued in May 2016, stating that rough sleeping was an 'abuse' (l