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.
Government defend immigration spot checks
People stopped at railway stations in spot checks by immigration officers were not targeted on the basis of their race, the Government's Immigration Minister has insisted.
Mark Harper said the choice of underground stations for spot checks was driven by intelligence, and that individuals were picked out for questioning on the basis of their behaviour, not colour.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has launched an investigation into incidents, and is also probing a controversial Home Office advertising campaign in which vans told illegal immigrants that they should "go home" or face arrest.
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