From openDemocracy on 11 November:

Samyar Bani, 42, is an Iranian refugee who travelled to the UK in a dinghy on 1 June 2019. He was arrested on arrival and convicted of assisting unlawful entry into the UK in November 2019. His initial sentence of six years was later reduced to five. An appeal hearing in December 2021 then acquitted him of all charges. The appeals judge determined that the law had been interpreted incorrectly, as Bani and co-passengers had intentionally been picked up by police before disembarking on UK shores.

Samyar’s story is gut-wrenching. Just read it! One damn thing after another conspires to worsen his predicament. You couldn’t make it up. Years later he is at last able to phone his wife. Naturally enough she finds it hard to understand why he hasn’t phoned before.

So… Theresa May’s “hostile environment” is far from dead – and it doesn’t do us any credit. But doesn’t it make you feel all nice and cosy being a British citizen, with nothing to fear from the authorities.

What?… we ought to work hard to make sure it stays that way? Surely not! This is England!