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The Windrush Generation: Fighting to be British
Since January, Channel 4 News has been reporting the plight of the Windrush kids. They came to UK as children, attended British schools, worked British jobs and built British lives. Now thousands of people who arrived in the UK decades ago – in the first wave of Commonwealth immigration in the 1950s and 60s – are living with the threat of deportation.
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Government taking ‘urgent action’ to help Windrush generation
They should be in no doubt of their right to remain: this from the Home Secretary tonight after a deal with Caribbean leaders over the Windrush fiasco. And a promise, finally, of security to those who came here as children and have lived here ever since. After talks with the High Commissioners from Barbados and St…
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Winston Robinson: ‘I’ve been unable to work for two years’
Fatima Manji is joined in Parliament by Winston Johnson, a former Ambulance driver who has been unable to work for over two years due to being part of the Windrush generation.
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Leeds’ West Indian population react to the Windrush scandal
As politicians argue over whether landing cards were destroyed and whether a hostile environment to immigrants was created, the question mark over peoples’ Britishness is affecting Caribbean communities across the country. Like Leeds, where there’s a sizeable West Indian population – and where almost everyone has a Windrush connection. Jane Deith reports on the impact the…
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David Lammy: ‘Do we need to send a message that Britain is cruel?’
Jon Snow is joined by the Labour MP David Lammy, who has written to the Prime Minister demanding an independent review into the government’s immigration policy.
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St Lucia PM: ‘We’re going to work collectively to make sure they get documented.’
Matt Frei had the opportunity to interview the Prime Minister of St Lucia, Allen Chastanet, and began by asking him whether he was reassured by what Theresa May said about the Windrush crisis.
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Grime artist Marci Phonix on Windrush: ‘Sometimes I get vibe a nice fluffy dog is more welcome than a black man’
Mary Ann Sieghart, journalist and chair of the Social Market Foundation, grime artist Marci Phonix, and Conservative MP and historian, Kwasi Kwarteng, discuss the Windrush controversy.
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: ‘I think Meghan Markle should be leader of Commonwealth’
The Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie discusses the Commonwealth Heads of Government summit in London and how to combat malaria.
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Windrush mother blames immigration problems for son’s death
The mother of a Windrush child has called on Theresa May to reflect on what she is doing to the country after her 58-year-old son was found dead last month.
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Bangladesh PM refuses to answer questions on human rights record
The Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina has refused to answer questions about her country’s human rights record. She is in the UK as part of the Commonwealth Summit. This programme has been investigating the many cases of the so-called “missing” in Bangladesh who are political opponents of her government.
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Who’s fighting whom in Syria?
The question’s simple – the answer is only getting more complicated. Here’s a video explainer of what you need to know.
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Ways to Change the World – a new Channel 4 News podcast – Caroline Lucas
When I present Channel 4 News, in-depth analysis and great journalism come together to explain the events of the day. But this new podcast wants to help you go much deeper and discuss answers, not just problems. Each week, I’ll speak to one guest, at length, who will hopefully have some answers – without having to…
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End of an era for Arsenal as Wenger departs
He was one of the greatest, he leaves an untouchable legacy – Sir Alex Ferguson and Thierry Henry leading the tributes to Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, who’s retiring from the club at the end of the season after 22 years. The club’s chief executive said Wenger had changed the game; he’d made art out of…
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Philip Hammond on Windrush: ‘We will do whatever is necessary to put it right’
We asked Chancellor Philip Hammond, who was in Washington for the IMF’s spring meeting, if those caught up in the Windrush scandal would be in line for compensation, among other issues.
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Crowds gather in Brixton to celebrate Windrush generation
Supporters of the Windrush families have held a solidarity rally at Windrush Square in Brixton, south London – a place the organisers say was designed to celebrate “the remarkable contribution of African and Caribbean men and women to this country”.
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Grenada PM Keith Mitchell on Dexter Bristol: ‘No compensation can deal with pain’
The case of a man from the Windrush generation who was threatened with deportation, and was found dead last month, has been raised with the Home Secretary. Grenada’s Prime Minister Keith Mitchell meets Dexter Bristol’s mother, Sentina.
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May says UK government will do whatever it takes to resolve Windrush controversy
The Prime Minister said she had told Commonwealth leaders who’ve been meeting in London that the UK government would do whatever it takes to resolve the problems which some of the Windrush generation had suffered, including compensation where it was appropriate, declaring: “These people are British, they are part of us, they helped to build…
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Windrush veterans: ‘It’s more than an insult’
The news has been dominated for the last fortnight by the stories of the Windrush generation – British people from the West Indies who came here to live, often before their islands became independent states. They have worked and lived in the UK for decades, but some are now finding that their status in this…
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Syria chemical attack: the evidence
President Assad’s government has been accused of launching a chemical weapons attack on the Syrian town of Douma. But Russia claims the attack was faked by Britain and anti-Assad rebels. FactCheck examines the evidence.
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Peter Tatchell: ‘Half the countries in the world that still criminalize Gay rights are in the Commonwealth’
Celebrities, including the singer Emeli Sandi and diver Tom Daley – have joined calls for Commonwealth leaders to overturn anti-gay laws – saying they should “see people as human beings”. The Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has promised to raise the issue with leaders of countries which outlaw homosexual relations. Matt Frei spoke to Peter Tatchell…
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Poet Ben Okri on modern society
He has penned a eulogy to Grenfell Tower and – on Brexit – decried a world where it is “easier to fall apart than to stay together”. The lyrical poet and novelist Ben Okri has written passionately about citizenship too, describing Britain as a nation “forged by successive layers of immigration…each adding something new and…
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NASA launches satellite into orbit in search of life
NASA has launched its new satellite into orbit on a two year mission to scour star systems for potential signs of life. The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite – known more colloquially as TESS, has four specialised cameras on board enabling it to view around 20 million stars. Scientists leading the mission say they don’t know…
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Save the Children chairman resigns
The chair of Save the Children Sir Alan Parker has announced he is resigning. The charity issued a statement thanking him for his decade of service but acknowledging that “allegations of misconduct have cast a cloud over the lifesaving work we do for children every day.” Jane Dodge has more.
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Victim of Rotherham abuse scandal speaks out
Sammy Woodhouse was 14 when she was sexually abused by one of the men from Rotherham’s notorious paedophile gangs. She says Arshid Hussain coerced her into a relationship, crimes like robbery and drug dealing before she had his child at the age of just 15. Now she’s campaigning for a law to make sure children…
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Cuba welcomes a new president
Cuba’s new president Miguel Diaz-Canel has pledged to continue the socialist revolution led by his predecessors, as he became the country’s first leader who isn’t from the Castro family for almost 60 years. 86 year old Raoul Castro will remain head of the Communist party – but he hinted today that Diaz Canel could take…
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Commonwealth leaders gather at the palace
The leaders of Commonwealth nations are just arriving for a dinner hosted by the Queen at Buckingham Palace. Earlier today she welcomed them to the biannual Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting at a time when the Windrush scandal has filled the headlines with news about British citizens refused medical treatment, denied jobs, and falling into depression.…
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Protecting the environment after Brexit
Environment Secretary Michael Gove has denied that the government is dragging its feet over creating an environmental watchdog that will replace the oversight that currently comes from the European Union. The Prime Minister promised the body would be set up as part of her 25-year plan for the environment announced in January.