By Ceren Sagir in Britain:
Monday, April 30, 2018
End racism at the Home Office now, campaigners demand
Anti-racists won’t let May off the hook over Windrush scandal
A PROTEST erupted in Parliament Square yesterday to demand justice for those affected by the Windrush scandal following the resignation of home secretary Amber Rudd.
Community groups, trade union leaders and anti-racists were joined by Labour MP David Lammy and Labour MEP Claude Moraes in protest against Prime Minister Theresa May’s “hostile environment” for immigrants.
The demonstration, organised by Stand Up To Racism, coincided with a parliamentary debate on a petition with over 170,000 signatures calling for amnesty for the Windrush generation.
Harold, a speaker at the demo, told the crowd he came from Jamaica in 1987 and that he lost his passport 20 years ago.
He said: “Since then I have been writing to the Home Office. It…
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