As Liberty (2018: 5) have argued: 'The hostile environment is a sprawling web of immigration controls embedded in the heart of our public services and communities.'
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Hostile environment
Synonyms for "hostile environment" (16 found)
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Noun(8 words)
intimidating climateoppressive climateunfriendlyunfriendly settingunsafeunsafe placeunwelcomingunwelcoming climate
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11 entriesbullying climatedangerous environmentdangerous settinghostile classroom climatehostile work climateintimidating classroomracist climatesexist climatetoxic atmospheretoxic climateunwelcoming classroom
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7 entriesdangerous environmenthostile school environmenthostile work environmenttoxic environmentunfriendly environmentunsafe environmentunwelcoming environment
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Among the targets of the hostile environment policy (it was later used euphemised as the 'compliant environment' policy) were those who became, through no fault of their own, entangled in what became known as the Windrush scandal.
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