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Another inglorious chapter in the hostile environment policy
Reasons to be speechless, part 101
https://www.duncanlewis.co.uk/immigration_news/Commonwealth_Veterans’_Legal_Action__(11_March_2020).html
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/may/18/british-army-veteran-faces-27000-nhs-hospital-bill
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sorry can’t make that first link work
£90m, £900m… what difference does a little 0 make, eh?
It’s just straight up disgusting to me.
Paul,
And to even acknowledge, and being frank they saved my life, but make them pay anyway…says it all really.
The farce continues despite Johnson’s words:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jun/15/migrant-healthcare-staff-still-paying-nhs-fee-despite-johnson-u-turn
“Foreign NHS workers and carers are still being charged for using the health service, despite the prime minister’s pledge to scrap these fees “as soon as possible”.
On 21 May, in a remarkable U-turn Boris Johnson said that the £400 annual fee paid by non-EU migrants to use the NHS – on top of other mounting visa costs – should be removed for health and care workers.
But a poll conducted by Doctors Association UK exclusively shared with the Guardian showed 158 NHS workers reported having to continue to pay for immigration health surcharge, while just eight reporting said they did not.”
And further:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jun/15/mps-criticise-exclusion-of-nhs-workers-from-free-visa-extensions
“Excluding foreign care workers and lower-paid NHS staff from a fee-free NHS visa extension scheme is unfair and fails to recognise their contribution to the fight against Covid-19, an influential group of MPs has said.
In a report, the cross-party home affairs select committee said some of the lowest-paid workers in healthcare were facing charges of thousands of pounds to stay in the country, while others were not.”