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1. Britain’s colonial legislative history is not deeply buried. It lies just beneath the surface. Successive governments have made that clear with 70 years of racialised immigration legislation. This week’s #Windrush u-turn is just the tip of that iceberg.
1. Britain’s colonial legislative history is not deeply buried. It lies just beneath the surface. Successive governments have made that clear with 70 years of racialised immigration legislation. This week’s #Windrush u-turn is just the tip of that iceberg.
https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1618731433782136834
2. Tory Home Sec 1962 Immigration Bill “We must recognise that, although the scheme purports to relate solely to employment & to be non-discriminatory,its aim is primarily social & its restrictive effect intended to & would, in fact, operate on coloured people almost exclusively”
3. Lab Home Sec Jim Callaghan on his 1968 Immigration Bill: “We need, as a matter of urgency, to introduce a Bill extending immigration control to Citizens of the UK and Colonies who do not belong to the UK”
4. These successive and racist laws can be traced back to the fact the British Empire depended on racist ideology in order to function - and directly affected laws passed in the post-war period. Not my assertion - but that of a recent Home Office report:
5. If we are to have a @UKLabour Govt - it will need to do more than just roll back the extreme policies of the past four years. More than simply implementing the #WindRush recommendations, although that would be a start. It will need to build a 21st century ..
6. .. immigration & migration policy that offers a clean break from 70 years of racist legislation. One that takes into account the likely mass migrations caused by the climate-crisis & builds a system based on compassion, human-rights & human dignity.
#Windrush @RunnymedeTrust
#Windrush @RunnymedeTrust
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