Book review: Hostile Environment: How Immigrants Become Scapegoats, by Maya Goodfellow – The Scotsman

Maya Goodfellow’s study appears as the recent deaths of 39 immigrants in a refrigerated lorry continue to stir horror and outrage. But, as evidenced by the countless examples of atrocity that Goodfellow cites which have been overlooked or forgotten, it is only a matter of time before the public outcry dissipates. Her thorough and even-handed book will leave readers both unsurprised at the suffering of yet more immigrants, and shocked at the tower of complex, harsh and contradictory policy facing anyone attempting to enter the country by safer means.

Source: Book review: Hostile Environment: How Immigrants Become Scapegoats, by Maya Goodfellow – The Scotsman