Brexit, migration and homelessness: the new terrain Sharon Hartles & Daniel McCulloch Abstract This short article explores how Brexit-era immigration rules have extended the UK Government’s “hostile environment” approach by permitting the deportation of non- UK nationals found sleeping rough. It highlights the disproportionate impact on migrant rough sleepers, who make up a significant proportion of the homeless population, and considers the risks of increased homelessness, exploitation, and marginalisation. By situating these developments within a longer history of punitive responses to homelessness, the article also examines local authority and civil society resistance, raising critical questions about the future of compassionate policy and social justice in post-Brexit Britain. Preoccupations with Covid-19 have not hindered the Government’s Brexit agenda. In the new world of Brexit, and related to the UK Government’s ongoing hostile environment approach to migration, under new changes to UK immigration rules, from 1st December 2020 the Home Office are entitled in law to expel non- EEA (European Economic Area) nationals who are sleeping rough. From the 1st January 2021 this law also applies to newly-arriving EEA citizens.