Teo and Marineta were just another European couple working in England. But when they couldn’t find somewhere to live, instead of receiving homelessness help they were locked up in a detention centre. And that was just the beginning of their troubles with the government’s hostile environment.

(Video content warning: discussion of self-harm).

UPDATE:

North East London Migrant Action (Nelma) and the Public Interest Law Unit have been granted permission to seek a judicial review of the Home Office policy of deporting rough sleepers from the European Economic Area, and are now crowdfunding to finance the bid. Read more at the Guardian.

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Teo and Marineta from Whalebone Films on Vimeo.