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I have been outspoken about the undermining of our British culture, but I am thoroughly ashamed of this country for it betrayel of the Windrush generation, good loyal hard working citizens. Totally shameful. The name of the petty bureaucrats who made the discriminatory decisions should be published.
And this against the backdrop of mass Muslim immigration.
Talk about salt in wounds. Terrible.
And this against the backdrop of mass Muslim immigration.
Talk about salt in wounds. Terrible.
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FF, I imagine the Ugandan Asians who arrived in the 70s have the appropriate paperwork, as do Muslims who have come here legitimately more recently. It comes as no surprise, however, that groups willing to integrate and actually become part of British society are far more likely to be welcomed than those who are not. It’s not rocket science.
naomi, the procedure under the hostile immigration act required constant checking of migrants' documents. If they didn't have them, the migrants were to be thrown out, on a "deport first, appeal later" basis, as mentioned by ZM. And that's exactly what was done by civil servants.
The problem came when legal immigrants hadn't kept their documents. The law - May's law - made no provision for this. That's May's fault, not the civil servants'. If the migrants had been allowed to explain why they didn't have papers, the civil servants might have been able to investigate; but the policy required them to be deported at once without a chance to explain.
Entirely the fault of the politicians who wrote the law and passed it through parliament. Not the civil servants who implemented an inhumane law correctly. You are far too kind to the politicans of your chosen party.
The problem came when legal immigrants hadn't kept their documents. The law - May's law - made no provision for this. That's May's fault, not the civil servants'. If the migrants had been allowed to explain why they didn't have papers, the civil servants might have been able to investigate; but the policy required them to be deported at once without a chance to explain.
Entirely the fault of the politicians who wrote the law and passed it through parliament. Not the civil servants who implemented an inhumane law correctly. You are far too kind to the politicans of your chosen party.
jno, //the policy required them to be deported at once without a chance to explain.//
That isn’t true.
//Following the crackdown on immigration started in 2012, they were told they needed to prove their right to continue to work, benefit from the NHS or even remain in the country.//
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Unlike you, I try to be fair to politicians of all parties.
That isn’t true.
//Following the crackdown on immigration started in 2012, they were told they needed to prove their right to continue to work, benefit from the NHS or even remain in the country.//
https:/
Unlike you, I try to be fair to politicians of all parties.
The main point is that the Windrush people were NOT migrants in the way we understand the word today. They were asked, and even pleaded with, to come here to help the UK out of a bad situation. After WW2 the UK just did not have enough people of working age to fill all the jobs in the new industry that was rebuilding Britain after the destruction caused by the war.
The government had the idea of asking the commonwealth to come to our aid. Most of those that came to the UK had given up jobs and left family and friends in their home country to come and help the 'Motherland' in its hour of need.
When these people arrived they were greeted as heroes. People lined the streets to cheer and welcome them ,civic receptions were held in their honour. They have since been betrayed by a succession of governments Conservative and Labour.
The government had the idea of asking the commonwealth to come to our aid. Most of those that came to the UK had given up jobs and left family and friends in their home country to come and help the 'Motherland' in its hour of need.
When these people arrived they were greeted as heroes. People lined the streets to cheer and welcome them ,civic receptions were held in their honour. They have since been betrayed by a succession of governments Conservative and Labour.
/// Most of those that came to the UK had given up jobs and left family and friends in their home country to come and help the 'Motherland' in its hour of need. ///
Yer, like. they came here because it was a better country from where they came.
/// When these people arrived they were greeted as heroes. People lined the streets to cheer and welcome them ,civic receptions were held in their honour. ///
And the signs went up "No Blacks, no Dogs", and we have never been allowed to forget them.
Yer, like. they came here because it was a better country from where they came.
/// When these people arrived they were greeted as heroes. People lined the streets to cheer and welcome them ,civic receptions were held in their honour. ///
And the signs went up "No Blacks, no Dogs", and we have never been allowed to forget them.
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