Over 1,200 people demand justice for the Windrush Generation
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“I am tired of this Government’s broken promises and empty words.”
“This is institutional racism against people who worked their whole lives in this country.”
“The Windrush people have contributed so much to this country and especially the NHS. In return they have been treated unfairly and disgracefully. They were made promises that have been broken. Systems should be there to serve people. People are not there to serve systems. The Government have behaved disgracefully.”
“They have been treated unfairly!”
“I detest injustice & racial discrimination.”
“They answered a call to help this country after the war and they have been treated despicably. The wrongs need to be addressed now.”
“We invited these people to come here and they are now part of the British community. They should enjoy the same rights as every other British person.”
“I believe they have been treated unfairly.”
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“I am disgusted about how people have been treated.”
“They have waited far too long for justice.”
“This is their home. They came invited and helped Britain rebuild.”
“These people were asked to settle in the UK, to live and to work here, to raise their children here. And now, more than 60 years on, a politician wants to reverse that. It is inhumane.”
“I know people who have been affected by this.”
“I believe in fairness and justice.”
“This is such a cruel injustice.”
“This is a racist and inhuman scandal that needs to be rectified now!”
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“We are one people.”
“The Windrush Generation have helped to rebuild this country. This was an appalling injustice in the way that they were treated, the Government should be made accountable.”
“What the Government has done has ruined lives and is a complete disgrace.”
“Governments must be held account for their immoral actions.”
“Justice and democracy are essential. It must be delivered to the Windrush people.”
“I am ashamed of how this country has treated these people.”
“Compensation is due! The terrible delays add to the overall injustice.”
“These are people who have helped build our country despite prejudice and rejection.”
“It’s the right thing to do.”
“It’s the moral thing to do.”
“It’s frankly a disgrace that this happened and the delays resolving the cases are just shocking.”
“Although I am not part of the Windrush generation, I am also from the Caribbean and was brought up being told that England was our "motherland". I have been living in England since 1967. Fortunately, I have a British Passport!”
“They deserve respect.”
“The people of The Windrush Generation were invited here to the UK to help us rebuild in the post-war period, they experienced racism, violence, police brutality and then decades later the Government tried to deport them. Despicable.”