The Windrush betrayal : exposing the hostile environment / Amelia Gentleman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gentleman, Amelia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration.

Government policy.

Great Britain--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Great Britain.

Black people--Great Britain--Social conditions.

Black people.

Social conditions.

Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Black people--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

ix, 320 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Guardian Books, 2019.

Summary:

Paulette Wilson had always assumed she was British. She had spent most of her life in London working as a cook; she even worked in the House of Commons' canteen. How could someone who had lived in England since being a primary school pupil suddenly be classified as an illegal immigrant? It was only through Amelia Gentleman's tenacious investigative and campaigning journalism that it emerged that thousands were in Paulette's position. What united them was that they had all arrived in the UK from the Commonwealth as children in the 1950s and 1960s. In The Windrush Betrayal, Gentleman tells the story of the scandal and exposes deeply disturbing truths about modern Britain.

Contents:

A person with no leave to remain

Five weeks' detention and a ticket to Jamaica

Hidden lives

£54,000

We are here because you were there

A hostile environment

Whistleblowers

Frightening people to leave

Hunting for proof

A political explosion

Hostile becomes compliant

What good is an apology when you're dead?

Deportation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, 2019

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781783351848

1783351845

OCLC:

1112371950

Publisher Number:

99982944603