A letter from a Home Office minister dated May 2016 and obtained by the Guardian shows that the government has known for years about the impact of its “hostile environment” policy on the Windrush generation. Q&A Timeline of the 'hostile environment' policy Show Hide 2012: Home secretary Theresa May: 'The aim is to create here in Britain a really hostile environment for illegal migration.' 2012: Hostile environment working group established, involving many government ministers. 2013: Government introduces bill which became the Immigration Act 2014, and introduces key measures of the hostile environment. Rudd was further embarrassed when the Guardian was passed a document she sent to May pledging to escalate the hostile environment.

Source: The Guardian April 22, 2018 18:55 UTC