Protesters demanding justice for the Windrush generation in June 2019. Changes to the scheme have resulted in claims being processed more quickly, but many are still without recompense. Photograph: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Rex/Shutterstock
The move to deport a further group of Jamaicans from the UK has caused an outcry among migrant rights advocates who say the move is unfair and politically motivated.
Most significantly this is a reversal of an earlier agreement between the UK and Jamaican governments not to deport anyone who arrived in the UK when underage.
Another episode in the British government’s harsh immigration policy, a deportation flight planned for August 11 on board 19 People of Jamaican origin in this country for up to 30 years now.
The Home Office, which is responsible for immigration in the UK, has called those deportees foreign offenders, people who have come here and committed crimes, and should expect to be removed.
