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01 January 1991

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Tower Hamlets is not Home Office
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The London Borough of Tower Hamlets received a setback when the
High Court ruled in April that it is not entitled to investigate
the immigration status of homeless people or to refuse them
accommodation if they don't appear to have unconditional
permission to stay in Britain. The Council, which has been
subject to a non-discrimination notice from the Commission for
Racial Equality (CRE) since 1987 for its allocation procedures,
had taken the Department of the Environment to court over its
housing guidelines. These required boroughs to find emergency
accommodation for all priority cases, but the Council argued that
this was unlawful, since some priority families' immigration
status did not allow them to receive emergency accommodation. The
High Court, rejecting the argument, said it was for the Home
Office alone to take decisions on immigration status.
Independent 10.4.92.

Statewatch, vol 2, no 3, May-June 1992

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