David Lammy's speech on the Windrush Petition, 2018 by Mette Ferrum

That the british government acted wrong when signing the hostile environment policy

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that the british government is treating the windrush generation unfair

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The windrush generation is English and shouldn't be kicked out of the country

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The situation is more about racism than illegal immigrants

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That Britain doesn't remember their history

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"The wealth of this country was built on the backs of the Windrush generation's ancestors. We ate here because you were there."

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Britain needs to remember its history

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He lists names of people and reasons of why they are not illegal immigrants and should not be discriminated

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"There is no British history without the history of the Empire"

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p.1 l. 19-21

"My ancestors were British subjects"

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p. 1, l. 22.

The British government doesn't acknowledge the windrush generation as british citizens.

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"My ancestors were British subjects. But they were not British subjects because they came to Britain. They were British subjects because Britain came to them, took them across the Atlantic, colonised them, sold them into slavery, profited from their labour and made them British subjects. That is why I am here. That is why the Windrush generation are here."

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s. 1 l. 22-26

Even though it said they should in the agreement (British nationality act of 1948).

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Breaching an agreement is morally and ethically wrong.

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"The British Empire profited from their labour, colonized them etc. and made them British subjects"

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p. 1, ll. 23-25

If you pay taxes and do your deed for the country you should be considered a british citizen

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The wealth of the british empire was built on the back of the Windrush generation's ancestors.

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Because the people who came here many years ago, who were kids when they came, now would get kicked out because the children didn't have the papers. Which means that they, on paper, are in the country illegal. Because of the hostile environment policy

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You cannot throw people out of their own country

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The British government has treated the Windrush generation unfairly by denying them their rightful citizenship.

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The Windrush generation arrived in the UK as British citizens, yet many have been threatened with deportation, denied healthcare, jobs, and social benefits.

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eksempler: Patrick Henry: "A British citizen. Arrived in Britain in 1959. A teaching assistant who told me ‘I feel like a prisoner who has committed no crime’ because he is being denied citizenship."

Clive Smith: "A British citizen. Arrived here in 1964, showed the Home Office his school reports and still threatened with deportation."
Huthley Sealey: "A British citizen. Unable to claim benefits or access healthcare."

If a group of people are citizens of a country and have contributed to its society for decades, they should not be treated as illegal immigrants and stripped of their rights.

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if you've been in the country for many many years and payed your taxes and supportet the society, then you are a citizen

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We need to remember our history. In Britain, when we talk about slavery, we tend to just talk about its abolition.[1]

[1] afskaffelse

A lot of the windrush generation, has been living in the U.K. for many decades, they speak the language, they have payed rent, they have a job, they have children who is born in the U.K. and overall is participating in the prosperity of the U.K.

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Britain asked the Windrush generation to come and rebuild the country. P. 1, ll, 31-32.

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Britan har lavet mange dårlige ting

that the british government is using the trick of history to hide the fact that they were the ones who "invited" people to the uk

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The wealth of this country was built on the backs of the Windrush generation’s ancestors. We are here, because you were there.

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The Windrush story doesn't begin in 1948, but is a story that goes back to the 17th century. "In Britain, when we talk about slavery, we tend to just talk about its abolition. "

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When you have been living in a country (like the U.K.) for many decades and your whole identity is that country. You should be considered English.

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When you have physically helped to build a country, you have also contributed to its wealth

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The UK has a responsibility toward the Windrush generation, because their presence is a direct result of British colonialism and the transatlantic slave trade.

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"hostile environment" policy has created systemic racism, where British citizens are treated as illegal immigrants.

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