23 July 2019
"There is growing evidence that the government’s “package” of hostile environment policies are causing serious harm to public health in the UK."
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UK: The UK government’s “hostile environment” is harming public health (blogs.bmj.com, link)
" We believe the precautionary principle that action should be taken to prevent harm even if some cause and-effect relationships have not been fully established scientifically now mandates that these policies should be immediately suspended pending a thorough, independent and transparent review into their health impacts."
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