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How Britain’s new laws doubly criminalise Black, Asian and Gypsy people

Protesters warn of the combined threat of the Policing Bill and Nationality and Borders Bill

How Britain’s new laws doubly criminalise Black, Asian and Gypsy people
Activists including Chantelle Lunt and Bhavini Patel protest against the Nationality and Borders Bill | Denise Laura Baker
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Two new British laws created this week represent a dual-pronged attack on Black, Asian and Gypsy communities in the UK, protesters have warned.

Both the Nationality and Borders (NAB) Bill, covering the UK, and the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) Bill, covering England and Wales, were given royal assent after comfortably passing through the House of Lords, despite a string of protests over the past year.

Many people fear their rights – including their British citizenship – will be endangered by the bills, which Amritpal Singh Dhesi, a member of the Sikh Council UK, described as “legislated discrimination”.