I've been watching this unfold over the last week, and today it has hit the government big style. Essentially Afro-Carribbean Britons that arrived in the post war years as children are being forced to prove that they are British or face deportation. They have been denied access to the NHS and the process for proving residence and leave to stay has been placed extraordinarily high. These people were British subjects from the colonies, and under the 1948 Nationality Act had right of free movement and residence throughout the Empire and Great Britain.. they came here as Brits, they stayed and built their lives here as Brits. And now have faced threat of deportation and some have been deported already This is turning into a massive disaster for the Govt and the Home Office and is a direct result of their "Hostile Environment Policy"
Background reading
Windrush children: why Commonwealth citizens are being denied immigration status - Free Movement
The children of Windrush: 'I’m here legally, but they’re asking me to prove I’m British'
Hounding Commonwealth citizens is no accident. It’s cruelty by design | Gary Younge
Even the Mail and Mogg are getting stuck into them
Outrage as Britain’s Windrush immigrants are SNUBBED at this week’s Commonwealth summit | Daily Mail Online
Jacob Rees-Mogg Lays Into "Disgraceful" Home Office Over Windrush Row - LBC
The Government has now admitted they have made a mistake, despite for the last week refusing to meet Caribbean Commonwealth delegates to discuss the issue.
Terrible mistakes over Windrush - minister
It has emerged that some have been deported already
This has turend into a very messy and expensive mistake for the government, politically (esp at the start of CHOGM) and will be again in compensation for those deported.
Completely avoidable.
Background reading
Windrush children: why Commonwealth citizens are being denied immigration status - Free Movement
The children of Windrush: 'I’m here legally, but they’re asking me to prove I’m British'
Hounding Commonwealth citizens is no accident. It’s cruelty by design | Gary Younge
Even the Mail and Mogg are getting stuck into them
Outrage as Britain’s Windrush immigrants are SNUBBED at this week’s Commonwealth summit | Daily Mail Online
Jacob Rees-Mogg Lays Into "Disgraceful" Home Office Over Windrush Row - LBC
The Government has now admitted they have made a mistake, despite for the last week refusing to meet Caribbean Commonwealth delegates to discuss the issue.
Terrible mistakes over Windrush - minister
It has emerged that some have been deported already
This has turend into a very messy and expensive mistake for the government, politically (esp at the start of CHOGM) and will be again in compensation for those deported.
Completely avoidable.