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Windrush generation

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    Theresa May
    / The novichok attack in Salisbury, air strikes in Syria, and the Windrush scandal

    …for members of this “Windrush generation” (named for the ship that had brought many of them to the U.K.), they were declared illegal immigrants and subject to deportation despite their decades-long residence in Britain. Opponents tried to pin some of the blame on May, who had overseen the Home…

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    …for members of this “Windrush generation” (named for the ship that had brought many of them to the U.K.), they were declared illegal immigrants and subject to deportation despite their decades-long residence in Britain. Opponents tried to pin some of the blame on May, who had overseen the Home…

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