"Yvette Cooper risks another Windrush-style scandal by repeating the mistakes the Conservatives made in implementing a hostile environment for migrants, a former Conservative home secretary has warned. Amber Rudd, who was home secretary under Theresa May, urged her successor not to rush her response to the asylum controversy, as Cooper rolls out a series of new policies to quell public anger over irregular migration."
"All of this Speed up, speed up, Home Office' that is what leads to Windrush-type consequences, Rudd warned. If you go too fast, that is when you make mistakes. Rudd resigned after the Windrush scandal in which thousands of people were wrongly classified as illegal migrants, leading them to lose their jobs, benefits and even homes. A smaller number were arrested, detained and wrongly deported to countries they had left decades earlier."
The home secretary announced a temporary ban on refugees bringing family members to the UK, a new asylum appeals process, and the possibility of housing asylum seekers in warehouses. These measures followed weeks of heightened political pressure and claims of record small-boat crossings. Rapid implementation of new migration measures risks repeating past errors that resulted in wrongful classification and severe harm to people. Past Windrush consequences included loss of jobs, benefits and homes, plus arrests, detention and wrongful deportations linked to hostile-environment tactics and deportation targets. Critics liken recent moves to earlier Home Office clampdowns and targeted enforcement policies.
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