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May apologizes to Caribbean leaders over treatment of post-war migrants

April 18, 2018 20:09·
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Windrush generation Jeremy Corbyn news Theresa May

But a Labour Party spokesman said the government's story was "shifting by the hour".

A former Home Office employee told the Guardian it was decided in 2010 to destroy the disembarkation cards, which dated back to the 1950s and 1960s, when the Home Office's Whitgift Centre in Croydon was closed and the staff were moved to another site. The Home Office have left us feeling less than human beings'.

"Addressing the Caribbean heads of government, Prime Minister May said "... It also doesn't count people who live in places like care homes. Mr Johnson also said he "had absolutely no recollection at all of being involved" in the landing card decision.

Now, just when the Prime Minister has shown skilful diplomacy over the Skripal poisoning - winning the support of the USA and many allies when opponents said she would be left isolated - and then dealing with the Syrian chemical outrage with an impressive three-hour performance at the Dispatch Box, we have the ideal storm of the Windrush scandal to make her look cold and out of touch.

Theresa May was forced to apologise yesterday to Caribbean leaders over the Windrush generation controversy. "It will lead to security, certainly for those who have been affected".

The government apologised after it emerged that some people who arrived from the Commonwealth decades ago as children were now being incorrectly identified as illegal immigrants.

Tweeting about this case Lammy said: "This is a national disgrace". It is a stain on our nation's conscience and the Prime Minister must act urgently to right this historic wrong.

Mrs May said Albert Thompson would get the treatment he needed, although he was not a member of the Windrush generation.

Prime Minister Theresa May is now to discuss the situation with other Commonwealth leaders. The 492 Caribbean passengers - many of whom had fought for Britain during World War II between 1939-1945 - came at the invitation of the British government, marking the start of post-war mass migration.

The Commonwealth links 2.4 billion people on five continents, from countries such as vast India and wealthy Australia to small island states like Tonga and Vanuatu.

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The prime minister had begun the session with a fresh apology to the Windrush migrants, saying: "These people are British".

They are named after the Windrush, one of the first ships that brought Caribbean migrants to the United Kingdom in 1948 in the aftermath of the Second World War.

60-year-old Anthony Bryan lost his job when he received a letter informing him he had no right to remain in the UK.

"We have seen the individual stories, and they have been, some of them, awful to hear, and that is why I have acted", Rudd said. I have been here from when I was eight.

When it comes to set pieces, such as her Lancaster House speech or her handling of various terrorist atrocities in Manchester and London, she gives a reassuring sense of thoughtful competence, finding the right words and the right tone.

Mr Keen added: "We came when we were called, were recruited".

He has since been given leave to remain, but is still waiting for legal paperwork to confirm his right to stay.

Labour has urged Amber Rudd to consider resigning as Home Secretary over the "lives ruined" by the Windrush scandal.

As Diane Abbott said on Radio 4's Today programme this morning, the government must stop blaming officials - the crisis is a result of Tory immigration policy, not the administrative failure of civil servants.

Speaking from the home he and his mother share in the Slough postcode, he said: "I don't want to sound ungrateful or terrible, but every case there's a human being behind it, and it's not just a bunch of words on the paper, this case it involves my cancer (suffering) mum and me here". But compensation should go further, as this low-ball offer does nothing to make up for the levels of stress and anxiety caused by poorly thought-through policies which she herself signed off during her time as Home Secretary.

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