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Immigration checks 'hostile'

The Government's wave of immigration checks across the country has created a "hostile" and "threatening" environment, a refugee charity has warned.

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Home Office defends immigration crackdown tactics

The Home Office has defended its immigration crackdown tactics after they were criticised for "violating fundamental freedoms".

The Home Office has defended its immigration crackdown tactics after it faced criticism. Credit: REUTERS/Stephen Hird

A Home Office spokesman said: "We make no apology for enforcing our immigration laws and our officers carry out hundreds of operations like this every year around London.

"Where we find people who are in the UK illegally we will seek to remove them".

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