17-04-2018, 11:09
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Re: Windrush generation
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
It seems to have been the result of an over-zealous Home Office bureaucracy and a failure of the Windrush people to get their paperwork in order at the time. I'm not criticising them, it's just the benefit of hindsight.
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And a change in the law 4 years ago:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...emoved-in-2014
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The onus is on individuals to prove they were resident in the UK before 1 January 1973, the date the 1971 Immigration Act came into force. However, a key clause from 1999 legislation, which had provided longstanding Commonwealth residents with protection from enforced removal, was deleted from the 2014 Immigration Act. The government did not announce the removal of this clause, nor did it consult on the potential ramifications.
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