Nishta Mauree came to the UK from Mauritius in 2006. During that time, she has only used the NHS once: to give birth to her baby daughter in 2022. And yet from Tuesday, she faces a bill of more than £1,000 every year just to access basic healthcare.
The Hackney mother and charity worker is among tens of thousands of migrants that will be affected by a 66 per cent rise in the immigration health surcharge (IHS) from February 6.
