Windrush generation members to be refused UK citizenship, government announces
Critics say it is 'scandalous' that Home Office should subject Windrush citizens to conditions other British citizens are not and raise concerns around absence of appeals process
Members of the Windrush generation will be refused British citizenship, the government has announced.
In a statement issued late on Friday afternoon, home secretary Sajid Javid said a number of Caribbean nationals who came to Britain between 1948 and 1971 would not qualify for citizenship because they failed to meet the “necessary good character requirement” due to committing criminal offences.
Windrush citizens are supposed to be afforded the same rights as British citizens, so the announcement is likely to prompt renewed accusations that they are effectively awarded second-class status.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...d-a8549101.html?amp&__twitter_impression=true
See also
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...ttee-sajid-javid-harriet-harman-a8511786.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...oreign-minister-families-traced-a8515661.html
Critics say it is 'scandalous' that Home Office should subject Windrush citizens to conditions other British citizens are not and raise concerns around absence of appeals process
Members of the Windrush generation will be refused British citizenship, the government has announced.
In a statement issued late on Friday afternoon, home secretary Sajid Javid said a number of Caribbean nationals who came to Britain between 1948 and 1971 would not qualify for citizenship because they failed to meet the “necessary good character requirement” due to committing criminal offences.
Windrush citizens are supposed to be afforded the same rights as British citizens, so the announcement is likely to prompt renewed accusations that they are effectively awarded second-class status.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...d-a8549101.html?amp&__twitter_impression=true
See also
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...ttee-sajid-javid-harriet-harman-a8511786.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...oreign-minister-families-traced-a8515661.html