10 years of the Hostile Environment - with Open Democracy
Illustration by Inge Snip
A Brighter Futures member joined campaigners from Praxis for Migrants and Refugees to reflect on the 10 year anniversary of Teresa May’s Hostile Environment Policy with Open Democracy.
She explores her struggles accessing university and building a life for herself.
“The first time I discovered I was undocumented was when I was in sixth form college,” says Desiré, who came to the UK with her family aged 11, and never thought while growing up that she might not have a legal right to live in the country.