ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. The book is about the escalation of racism in British society, under the guise of a ‘really hostile environment for illegal immigrants’, following the financial crisis of 2007–2008 and the ensuing Great Recession. It addresses the economic and political backdrop to the hostile environment. The book analyses Theresa May’s 2015 speech to the Conservative Party Conference, in essence a bid for Conservative Party leadership. It considers how hybridist racism impacted on asylum seekers with respect to inferior accommodation, the right to work, detention, and the harrowing nature of being a torture survivor in the hostile environment. The book focused on an extraordinary event that became known as the Windrush scandal and that came to light in 2018.
