The Home Office was guilty of “institutional ignorance” and “thoughtlessness” to the Windrush generation, a report found today.
The inquiry by Wendy Williams said the scandal was “foreseeable and avoidable” and blamed ministers and officials. Home Secretary Priti Patel said she apologised unreservedly for the “unimaginable suffering” for the hundreds of people affected.
The report was ordered in the wake of the 2017 scandal that saw hundreds of people who came to this country from the Caribbean threatened with detention and deportation even though they had a legal right to live in the UK.
The Williams report said the Windrush generation of Caribbean migrants and their children had been “poorly served by this country.” “They had every right
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