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The Windrush scandal didn’t come out of nowhere
The Windrush scandal has shamed Britain, but will the government learn the broader lessons, asks DIANE ABBOTT

IT’S important to understand that the crisis around Home Office treatment of the Windrush generation didn’t fall out of the sky.
For years Theresa May has been promoting a “hostile environment” for migrants, first as home secretary and then as prime minister. Then she ignored warning after warning that her policies could ruin lives.
As one part of this, we saw the Immigration Act of 2014, which removed protections for Commonwealth citizens, who had up until then been exempt from deportation.
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