Migrant and disabled people are targets of the same hostile politics
Disability welfare cuts and immigration pledges are part of the same odious project — two sides of the same coin — weaponised by the by the Labour-led government to oppress migrant and disabled communities. The problem is that disability rights arguments are failing to recognise shared experiences of oppression for the disabled and migrant community. This plays right into the hands of the government. This under the radar benefits cut reminds us why disability justice must centre migrants’ rights Labour’s racist, ableist anti-immigration ‘compromise’ With the government now under the steer of former Manchester Mayor and Blairite Andy Burnham, the new…
