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The Windrush generation
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I no longer consider myself to be British, so its all yours
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I,ve resigned
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deadly was , err, deadly on them uncovered wickets
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MPs have voted against an opposition motion calling on the government to disclose
papers on Windrush migrants. Labour had hoped to force the government to release documents about its immigration policy relating to people who came to the UK from Commonwealth countries. They arrived between the late 1940s and 1970s but some have been threatened with deportation in recent years. The government won the vote by 316 votes to 221. The prime minister has said an upcoming review will have full access to the required documentation. But shadow home secretary Diane Abbott told the Commons that Theresa May should accept responsibility for the crisis and accused her of ordering her MPs to "vote to cover up the truth of her involvement". She said many people felt "all roads lead back to the prime minister", with Mrs May having previously been home secretary at the time the government brought in changes to immigration rules in 2014. Home Secretary Sajid Javid said the review would have "independent oversight and challenge" and aimed to understand how members of the Windrush generation "came to be entangled in measures designed for illegal immigrants". a three line whip from the tories to hide iheir shame ! |
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Transparency baby.
Welcome to brexit post truth. |
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very sad moisok,
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yes you are right whispering
it is terribly sad how little fuss there is about landan knifings and the avoidance of the telford et all scandals more importantly the haste to do something about windies but little done about telford - in fact the police have tried to play it down Exactly what is happing about knife crime in landan? but they can rush around in circles over the windies |
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great to see gretel home, finally allowed back having gone to a funeral
well done chanel 5 |
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These lefties know how to lay it on thick.
 Immigration policy under Labour would see only one question asked. Q Do you have a right to enter and stay in the UK? If yes the answer then they'll be okay. For those who don't speak English then a baffled expression will suffice. |
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imagine going to a funeral, not being allowed home, losing your house
finally getting home a decade or so later some folk think its funny , staggering |
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The overreaction of some is amusing me tbf.
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shame there isn't the same reaction and massive press coverage and, particularly, about the thousands of girls harmed, assaulted even killed in towns and cities around the country
same with the culture of crime, violence, knife crime and killings in landan but then it is the wrong groups being mentioned there have been a whole clutch of them this week but seems to go under the radar (drug gangs locally here in my area-( wrong lot) so doesn't get much more than local reporting etc et) |
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The Jamaican-born father of former world boxing champion Steve Robinson has spoken of his relief after being told he can stay in the UK.
Eighty-four-year-old Stanford Robinson feared he would have to leave the country after being caught up in the Windrush scandal. The former taxi driver has now been given indefinite leave to remain by the Home Office. Mr Robinson said: "It should have never come to this in the first place." Mr Robinson came to the UK in 1955 and initially worked in London before settling in Cardiff. But despite living and working in the country for 63 years, Mr Robinson - who now lives in the Llanishen area of the city - said he was shocked when he discovered he had to reapply for naturalisation. He later discovered that because he failed to register his British citizenship following Jamaica's independence, Mr Robinson had been relinquished of his British nationality without his knowledge. "I couldn't believe when the Home Office told me they had no record of me being here," he said. There was lots of uncertainty about what would happen next. I also felt like that I was being made out to be a liar." The father-of-six - including former featherweight world champion Steve, who fought Prince Naseem Hamed in 1995 - met with Home Office officials for more than two hours on Wednesday before being officially being told he had indefinite leave to remain. Family friend Charles Willie, who has been helping Mr Robinson with his case, said the pensioner hopes to get a special ID card - a biometric residence permit - within the next week. "The good news is that the question of his status has now been cleared up, but there are still issues over his citizenship and his passport which still need to be cleared up," said Mr Willie. Mr Robinson's case first came to light this week when it was raised in the House of Commons by Cardiff North MP Anna McMorrin. The Labour politician said: "Stanford had been living in this country since the 1950s, working and paying taxes his whole life here and making a valuable contribution. "I am very pleased for Mr Robinson that the uncertainty surrounding his situation has been cleared up - albeit following major media coverage and the issue being raised in the House of Commons. "However, it does not diminish the anguish and upset that has been caused to a man in his 80s. And what about the people who have been too afraid to speak up?" |
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Too afraid to speak up? They'll be kicking the doors down now there's compo on the table.
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looks like early count puts it at 63 deported wrongly
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63
may thought it might be zero ..... |
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so government will compensate those wronged with our money....
around £200 million reckons mr javid |
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and probably more compo for this...
The Home Office has admitted breaching data protection rules when it launched the Windrush compensation scheme. The department sent information to Windrush migrants in a way that meant their email addresses could be seen by other people. An internal review has been launched and the matter has been referred to the Information Commissioner. Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes apologised "unreservedly" for what she said was an "administrative error". The data breach affected five batches of emails, each with 100 recipients, Ms Nokes added. |
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so government will compensate those wronged with our money....
So punish the people whose fault it is! |
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The Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury Docks, Essex, on 22 June 1948
The Home Secretary Sajid Javid has apologised to another 49 victims of the Windrush scandal. People who were sanctioned, for example losing their right to work, and others who were illegally detained under immigration powers after they had completed their prison sentences, were among those to be sent apology letters. A total of 67 people have now received personal apologies from Mr He said he was "committed to right the wrongs of successive governments". Thousands of people were wrongly targeted by the "hostile environment" strategy for illegal immigration in the Windrush scandal. Many of those affected were people from Caribbean countries who arrived in the UK after World War Two, between 1948 and 1971. Mr Javid said the experiences of some of the Windrush generation - which involved wrongful detentions and deportations - had been "completely unacceptable". The government's Commonwealth Citizen's Taskforce would be reaching out to individuals they were not already in contact with to provide any assistance required to document their status and to explain the compensation scheme, the Home Office said. An estimated 500,000 people now living in the UK have been called the Windrush generation, in reference to a ship which brought workers to the UK in 1948. They were granted indefinite leave to remain in 1971 but thousands were children travelling on their parents' passports , without their own documents. Changes to immigration law in 2012 meant those without documents were asked for evidence to continue working, access services or even to remain in the UK. Some were held in detention or removed, despite living in the country for decades. A review by a Home Office taskforce of 11,800 Caribbean cases in 2018 identified 164 who were deported or detained who might have been resident in the UK before 1973. The Commonwealth Citizen Taskforce, which is open to all nationalities, was established by the Home Office to "right the wrongs experienced by the Windrush generation". A compensation scheme for those affected opened in April and the government said there was "no cap" on the amount victims could receive. More than 6,400 individuals have been given documentation confirming their status so far, including over 4,200 individuals who have successfully applied to become British nationals, the Home Office said. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48585147 |