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Regardless of their immigration status, we must protect everyone in Britain from this virus
We must repeal the 2014 Immigration Act, reverse the ‘hostile environment’ and shut detention centres for good, writes Claudia Webbe
A man looks at a mural showing a nurse wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) in Shoreditch, east London

THE coronavirus pandemic has caused widespread suffering for too many individuals and communities across Britain. 

We do not yet know the full impact of the unprecedented economic disruption caused by the virus. 

With widespread job losses, it is certain that it will have exacerbated the hardship caused by a decade of austerity.

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