The U.K. Scandal That Betrayed Its Own

After the Second World War, the United Kingdom invited thousands of British-Caribbeans to help rebuild the battered country. Named after one of the first ships to carry them, the Windrush Generation and their families would live and work in the U.K. without issue for decades. Then in 2012, many of them found themselves losing rights and access to healthcare-and even being deported.
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[@rum81]

UK using immigrants as labor to develop England and then denying rights. Another example UK using people in army Gurkha regiment they defend UK but at end of service they cannot stay in UK have to go back to Nepal.

[@narendra62]

Have you been to the UK? Very few people go back. Most people enjoy the rights and privilege of the first world. Sorry to let the facts challenge your prejudice.

[@IvanAkinfiev]

Isn't this exactly what the UAE has done?

[@Grumbo991]

@@IvanAkinfiev The gulf wasnt an empire. They didn't commit the atrocities that the British empire committed. Irrelevant to compare this because migrants come to the gulf being aware about immigration laws.

[@roryboyes2307]

@@narendra62 I'm English, people stay here because we have a strong currency, which is dependant on exploiting the resources, coffee to crystals, of other places/people. We are not morally or academically superior in any way. England is going to be in for a big shock when they realize how hard the rest of the world has been working... many in India & Africa are far better educated than us. We are slowly loosing our importance and I am glad. We don't deserve any privileges. Everyone should be payed for their skill relative to time not location. We should appreciate our privilege & realize this country is balanced on the backs of other.

[@sirtrollalot7762]

@@roryboyes2307 man shut up, tired of apologists like you

[@stevenrose86]

New frames need analysing apparently

[@abhishek420oviyt]

Yes I agree

[@ryank3281]

I thought it's my TV...

[@charlesseed586]

I think the frames need analysised

[@davidjma7226]

I am a white British Citizen. Born and bred in the UK, my parents too and both took part in WWII. I married my Iranian wife in a very legal Home Office approved wedding in 2010. Then two days laterr she was summarily deported. Both highly qualified professionals we now live overseas and cannot even visit my family. My MP Liam Fox raised it with Teresa May and she 'refused to discuss the matter'. If we turned up in a rubber boat from Calais we would be more welcome, given three hots and a hotel room and cash. We will never return. Fortunately we are wealthy enough to live in other countries. The country of my birth where I was born, raised, educated and went to University threw me under the bus.....and there are about 300 of us in the same position I have since established. Teresa May was responsible. Your country prefers illegals and asylum seekers to its own people. Disgraceful.

[@gebys4559]

Government marking their own homework is pretty much a give in the UK these days.

[@Saka_Mulia]

Yep definitely a given but not a forgiven.

[@euphonikprince8801]

France did the same. In the world war II , France brought militars from its colonies in the pretext of giving them citizenship after the war, once the war ended, the Minister Interior went to the National Radio and said that those militars from colonies they will not get citizenship, instead they will get paid and send them back. .... Les Sapes from Congo Brazaville actually came through those militars who served in french Army, with the money they got they bought nice suits and they used to show off when they went back. That's how The French did.

[@Platypus882]

Immigration is not a human right but a privilege, understand it and get on with it. Asian countries are far more racist and anti-immigrant. Why not directing your anger against them?

[@manuq9827]

@@Platypus882 Because you don't improve your own country by pointing out what's wrong with others, racist. :)

[@Platypus882]

@@manuq9827 the problem is that ppl are immigrating to UK from far more racist countries and they bring the racist culture with them. Its simply a hypocricy to blame UK for racism when this happens. Btw Im not racist I stand for open borders for Israel :)))

[@Alex-pj8nz]

I blame the EU for this because 2012

[@amartyaasengupta8187]

@@Platypus882 whataboutism at its best

[@BimRen246]

At 3:18 when she says people came from former British colonies that's incorrect, most of those countries were still part of the Empire.

[@graveperil2169]

which is the issue as they did not require documentation to come to the UK from the empire at that time. so now there is no UK birth certificate and no immigration documents of them moving to the UK.

[@Q_QQ_Q]

people did came from other colonies like pakistan , india then uk banned it & imposed restrictions . many are still illegal .

[@taith2]

@@Q_QQ_Q There is no documentation Or documentation got destroyed Thus majority of immigrants of any sort is on a whim of current government If they want they just kick people born and living in UK on a whim

[@sahilchander7754]

@@Beanbeeb yea she's talking according to current status of thise countries

[@BimRen246]

@@graveperil2169 Not only did they not require documentation but according to the British Nationality Act 1948 anyone born in the United Kingdom and the British Colonies was a British subject. All one had to do was move and receive a landed status. Even as the Colonies started to be granted independence in the late '60s & early 70s persons that had moved to the UK from these territories before 1973 were granted an automatic right to permanently remain once they did not live outside the UK for more than 2 consecutive years. This was reinforced in the 1999 Act but was not carried forward in the 2014 Act because the Home Office & Government said these persons were protected adequately in the 1973 Act. When the 2012 hostile environment policy, started the only legal documentation of original entry for many would have been their landing cards, which the Home Office decided to destroy. The Home Office made it more expensive and difficult for them to normalise their status. Persons had passports confiscated, denied reentry, blocked persons from benefits, deport or threaten persons with deportation. Two things to note (1) The Home Office was warned in 2009/2010 of the problems destroying the Landing Cards would cause as they were used to verify dates of arrival in immigration cases. 2) The Home Office was warned from as early as 2013 that the 2012 hostile environment policy was impacting Windrush generation residents. Older Caribbean born persons were being targeted and they were being treated as illegal immigrants. The UK government and Home Office refused to discuss and acknowledge the issue untill 2018. I could go on.

[@usayeed727]

This scandal is a total disgrace and a blight on Britain. People and their descendants who’ve come over to rebuild the country are now being kicked out because of a ‘technicality’. Utterly shameful.

[@thomasreed49]

3.7 sec When the motherland needed labour put out a cry for workers. That is a bear face lie we never asked them to come over here the government didn’t want them over here and tried to have the ship redirected to Africa. The indigenous population were livid that they were coming over here. For most people at the time the scandal was allowing them to set foot on the shores Britain. Now everybody in the country has to put up with a continuous moaning morning noon and night. They keep moaning about us why don’t they emigrate to black countries in Africa with their brothers. Because However hard we try to please them we will never ever succeed. Let’s put it this way it’s been 75 years and they’re still moaning well they’re still moaning about slavery and that was over 200 years a go.

[@utdminiman]

When I was growing up in the 2000s I used to be so proud of my country and its heritage and multiculturalism . The first thing I could vote for was the EU referendum and within the space of 5 years I have lost faith in my country and its people. The UK is a broken country and I don't know how its going to be fixed...

[@graveperil2169]

if you dont think it can be fixed then it would be better to go somewhere that does not need fixing

[@megamanx466]

@@graveperil2169 Ohhh like where? Where's your version of the perfect country? 🤔

[@graveperil2169]

@@megamanx466 i dont have one but you only live once so you may as well live somewhere that you are happy

[@megamanx466]

@@graveperil2169 All countries need fixing depending on your perspective.

[@yikana7535]

You described my exact journey. I left the UK for somewhere better for myself

[@davidmellings6997]

This is the kind of story that makes me sick to live in this country

[@xythiera7255]

Then leave . LoL you had the time to move into any other EU coubtry befor Brexit. But here you are complaining .

[@joepopplewell680]

@@xythiera7255 So every citizen has to like every aspect of their country otherwise they can leave? Are you trying to sound ignorant or is it just natural? Here you are complaining about someone complaining. Stop seeing your arse, The UK isn't perfect, And you should have to leave the country just because you don't like certain aspects. You absolute berk.

[@Platypus882]

Get out of the country then if its so bad, we have too many people anyway

[@davecullins1606]

Then leave, if it's bothering you so much it outweights any other positives about the country for you. There are plenty of other countries that'd love to have another skilled worker.

[@joepopplewell680]

@@davecullins1606 Why should he have to leave? Why can't the country change for the better? At no point did they say they want to leave or that the negative outweighs the positives. You just saw your arse like every other nationalist at the drop of a hat because of someone expressing their distain of a national scandal. How dare they say anything bad about our glorious country!

[@Bhethar]

When I first came to the UK I was positively shocked by how welcoming and multi ethnic it was. But than all of the sudden we got the Windrush scandal and the attempts at restricting EU immigrants. This is a very bipolar society.

[@Bhethar]

@david glencross well guess if England didn’t go around the world colonising left and right there wouldn’t be post colonialism migration 😅

[@davidwilkie9551]

"Man's inhumanity to Man", has never changed in pervasiveness. "Occupation", of and by, has reciprocal meanings of consequence.

[@robertwong2218]

Accused other country human rights violation? Please take a look at your own wrongdoing and mistreatment of those under your colonial ruled COMMONWEALTH CITIZENS.

[@trevorsoh2130]

That ladies story is heart breaking.

[@shivamjha5995]

Making self by destroying others and then not acknowledging facts. British way of life.Funny right ?

[@tomjones7184]

Every powerful country was built that way?

[@shivamjha5995]

@@tomjones7184 Nah.India never looted.

[@narendra62]

@@shivamjha5995 can you be more specific? I have heard the accusation but not able to quantity the charge based on evidence.

[@Vhlathanosh]

@@tomjones7184 Singapore would disagree though

[@tomjones7184]

@@Vhlathanosh Singapore was built by the British

[@boomtaylor8297]

I definetly am against this since they have work, supported and integrated into our society then anyone has earned the right to be apart that country and losing rights and being deported is truly a disgraceful act

[@michaelthompson3102]

They came over of their own accord to make a better life for themselves, NOT at the request of the British Government. Get your facts straight.

[@Mrdresden]

As an outsider to the UK I knew Theresa May was evil, and incompetant, but I had never heard about this 'hostile environment' policy.

[@wernerheil6697]

It is important to understand the U.K.'s and other European - and the U.S. - government's past to understand the present and make assumptions about the future ...

[@honkhonk8009]

US and Canada are countries built my immigrants, so in my opinion its fine and wont change much. Question is. Is denmark for danish people? Is Spain for spanish people? Is India for Indian people? Is Palestine for palestinians? I guess you could argue that once people integrate properly, it wont even be a big deal, but at what point is mass immigration changing a country too fast? And are people even fine with it?

[@schrecksekunde2118]

great video

[@kyrokyro2343]

I was born and raised in Brixton London UK, my parents were from Jamaica.... I left Britain 42 years ago.. best thing I ever did...I lived in NYC for over 30years... no lie , I do miss old England very much... but honestly... I don't think, Ol' England missed ' me ",.... Shame...i couldn't even live ( peacefully ) on the place o was born...I left just before " Brixton riots ", nuff said .

[@lfc-europe]

We have audio!

[@ivynkatha8219]

Just terrible. The UK government and people need to do better. That poor women couldn't be with her mother when she died and lost 10 years of earnings! 18 million is a joke.

[@himanshugoyal3671]

hehe ... Britain afraid of people flooding their country

[@joshbentley2307]

We let in 700,000 people a year. And we also have the 5th largest immigrant population in the world. How much more do you want? Should we start letting tens of millions in?

[@benzackry]

@@joshbentley2307 the audacity. Britain colonise countries, stealing resources, basically kidnapping men and women from the countries they colonised, and now calling for what is now known as a national immigration disposal program. You sit back down. UK sits in a island without any natural resource. The only thing that ever grows up out of that cold and wet country is a monarchy dirtier than the sole of my feet.

[@tobene]

@@joshbentley2307Isn't Great Britain the nation that couldn't stop sending their people to terrorize other native populations? Literally made half the world part of the common wealth but then cry when some of those people immigrate to Britain.

[@xmlthegreat]

@@joshbentley2307 you should learn history. Education always helps.

[@joshbentley2307]

@@tobene countries within the commonwealth can leave whenever they want. But they chose to say within the commonwealth.

[@zee9000_]

do not come to the UK unless you have money. you will suffer.

[@silvidanev768]

I worked 5 years paying tax in the UK , after brexit they wanted money from me for Visa , can you imagine.They have the same practices today. Long live the royal family "not"

[@3-Kashmir]

That a different man story man🤦🤦🤦

[@1karl249]

So the UK provided you with a job, and that's the thanks you give.

[@joshbentley2307]

You don’t have the right to live wherever you want. This is different from your situation because they were actually acknowledged as British citizens. You have never been one. Brits In the EU now have to get visas, should the EU be punished for that? You’re an idiot.

[@xmlthegreat]

@@1karl249 so the UK 'provides' people with jobs? They don't earn them? I thought it was a meritocracy, but I guess nepotism runs rampant.

[@aakay]

The price to pay for having Boris' and the Tony Blairs. History repeating itself.

[@tobiisiba1641]

Was Boris in power at that time?

[@clarkkent4683]

@@tobiisiba1641 no, leftists don’t need to use facts just accusations, emotions and gang warfare.

[@clarkkent4683]

Blair is responsible for mass migration your right about that part. Boris or the conservatives aren’t to blame the control of uk borders is required. Afro Caribbeans are an used here are an unfortunate by catch. The situation can be resolved but will only meet friction as long as you jump on the black victimhood mindset being pushed by leftists and the media. The only systemic racism i see in the west is the “woke” movement the when it dies and people get back to taking responsibility for their actions the better off we will be.

[@danielhostetler9493]

@@clarkkent4683 wow, its rare to see someone so committed to racist and ignorant thinking, that's some commitment to ignorance you've got. You can attempt to twist the facts and pretend you live in opposite land all you want but facts are as they are and no amount of pretending and refusing to acknowledge what those who endure and are the recipients of racism say won't make you correct....it just proves the point they make. Anyone so foolish and lacking in integrity and honor as to attempt to demonize a concept that, at its core, is about being a responsible and intelligent member of a diverse society that chooses to support that diversity and oppose those who refuse to accept differences is someone who only highlights their own lack of worth and right to respect.

[@clarkkent4683]

@@danielhostetler9493 ​ @Daniel Hostetler The "woke" use this ignorant reframing of peoples statements for an opportunity to virtue signal... you want to fight racism start with the "woke" I've never seen a more racist, bigoted, biased and hateful group in my life prior... that does include the ghost they believe they (or would like us to) are fighting. P.S. if they are allowed to attain the goal they're after, you'll be cast out once your usefulness is no longer apparent.

[@mortimusmaximus8725]

When the Empire strikes back 🤔

[@thomasnl24]

This type of thing is why politicians should he held accountable for their actions. Many of the people who made the decisions who led to this are now enjoying high incomes or pensions, they should be forced to take responsibility for their decisionss.

[@lucaskp16]

also who exactly do you want to blame for this. yeah, the hostile environment showed the problem this person had since before, they never had documentation showing their status ever, so you could blame any or all the governments since the 60s. ofc these people deserve real compensation and not just 22k for 10 years of unfair treatment and being treated like criminals.

[@graveperil2169]

@@lucaskp16 under current law they are criminals they have no legal right to be in the UK just a moral one

[@tomfitzgerald4760]

This whole thing is such a disgrace

[@VyvienneEaux]

This makes me so angry I want to throw up 🤬

[@antonvernooy6186]

awesome doc I have never heard of Windrush Generation

[@TLcarlotta]

And this type of government is judging every other country and acting as the judge with the US. Funny

[@prolarka]

I dont get how come they dont have UK citizenship. If you legally worked for 5 years in the UK, you are eligible for citizenship.

[@sbtopjosh4098]

Hahahahahahahahaha right...

[@squirrel6338]

They didn't apply. Unlike many who come today to game the system.

[@thepro08]

@@georgegeorge4921 this type of vile comments proof uk is one of the most racist countries in the world.... these people want to work.... they are not like the queen that want to live off others.... ;)

[@ContentedSoul]

@@squirrel6338 They didn't have to apply. They were BRITISH CITIZENS from a British colony. All citizens of every colony we ever had were BRITISH. The government had records of all these people who made their passage to Britain, but choose to destroy them. However there is still in the public domain, National Insurance histories, Income Tax records, census returns, schooling records, land registry records etc. to show how long some of these people have been here.

[@prolarka]

@@georgegeorge4921 If they paid National Insurance, that is a proof of that they worked here legally. If the record shows that they did that for over 5 years, they are eligible for citizenship. These are the current rules, as far as I know.

[@majeshirkaku1543]

Why go to UK ?🙄🤐

[@ktelite]

When you found better opportunity of course you want to have that.

[@georgegeorge4921]

Benefits.

[@xmlthegreat]

@@ktelite better opportunity in the 60s maybe. Since then these people were basically trapped there.

[@waffelo4681]

COS MONEYYYYY

[@andymac7584]

"Betrayed its own" 😂 they were never invited. Its not their country.

[@jamalgrowingdreds]

Bro England was calling for them it’s not like they just went welling

[@stanthology]

I never heard of this before!

[@mariaachan3779]

Being an immigrant or refugee is a struggle 🥺

[@cavhaunch3597]

Great video!

[@TheSimpsonsReference]

Did that attorney just set up his zoom in an abandoned property?

[@okokgo587]

But hey, at least they have the royal family lol

[@sallieceelee5660]

The English had always treated non-English poorly. Even white Irishmen were severely discriminated by them. Why in the world would the blacks think they would be treated well by the English, in Britain, when they were never respected by the English in their own original homeland?

[@xmlthegreat]

Which is why they are fighting for their rights now. They are bloody well owed those rights.

[@sallieceelee5660]

@@xmlthegreat I understand that they feel that way. What I don't understand is why they think the English will just welcome them with open arms, when history had shown the English never even considered them as full human entities for generations...

[@federigodelazion6738]

loving those who still think British are trustworthy hahaha

[@davecullins1606]

Says the guy that just generalised across millions of people.

[@triedzidono]

from the title, assumed this was some horrid nonsense that happened in the 60's blood turned cold when i noticed it is current. We need to just give people the respect and paperwork that makes life easier. I vote welcome all & freedom to travel

[@michaelthompson3102]

...although the part about them being invited to come here is nonsense...

[@BTFOOMNY]

Completely off topic, Olivia is beautiful and her eyes are positively mesmerizing..

[@Bronanarival]

Simp

[@jordenpenitch1532]

Simp

[@Ranjankumar-ey1zb]

She is man

[@BTFOOMNY]

@@catchgenerics8667 Creepy simp, or not, she would never have to tell me, "Hey, my eyes are up here."

[@oscarejdonovan]

Keep your Prince Andrew energy to yourself fam

[@richardfox9495]

This only happened a few years ago,it's unbelievable,like xenophobia.

[@TheTREV69]

The home office isn't fit for purpose, they detained me in 2016 for no crime committed, I've been in this country for 13 years served in the British Army for six years, and I'm still in Limbo, they kept refusing me my rights to stay in UK, I'm married to a British as well.follow me on Twitter @ReneTrevor.

[@sungwoopark4344]

This is a sick history of the U.K.

[@hakeembaba123]

This reminded me a dialouge from Lagaan movie "u will always stay under British boot" so what they said in 1940 they remained on there words till this day... not like Hong kong😂

[@tomjones7184]

If Hong Kong had a referendum they’d join the uk in a heart beat

[@TheBigChill1]

British Hypocrisy...What else...? :/

[@andres983265]

She should sue her employees for wrongful termination.

[@kingdomfor1]

You've outlived your usefulness to the empire.

[@aleemahmed370]

The empire is dead.

[@David73490MY]

Europe... 🤷🏻‍♂️ my grandfather was Italian, and Italy still refuses to recognize our right to citizenship, 3 generations from my Granpa have that right. Still, with my family we've tried 4 times already... and they keep asking for family papers that were burned in the Second World War for instance. This is just one of many excuses they've given. We've got my grandfather's papers in order, translated to Italian, and certified by all means of diplomacy. We already gave up.

[@honkhonk8009]

lol. in the US and canada, if you just born here you automatically get citizenship.

[@johno4521]

Of the 56,000 immigrants affected by the so-called 'Windrush scandal', not all of them were of Caribbean origin. In fact not even most of them were. The largest nationality affected was Canadian, but you dont hear about those.Why isnt it called 'the Canadian scandal?'

[@beatzzzzzone8919]

rac15t

[@supertrooper6011]

im confused - so did this only affect people who hadnt already got a passport when Theresa May changed the law or did this affect everyone who came?

[@largeshadow7017]

Corruption is spreading, the end is crawling faster than what people anticipate.

[@walterwhite8333]

One thing i know is that UK don't teach bad part of its history in books including atrocities done in colonies, slavery. The generation should be aware of history so they stop glorifying British Royal family and be aware of what Britain done to colonies.

[@A.D.540]

actually they do i learned about what british did to kenya and south africa. lol just say you school doesnt, dont say uk as whole.

[@dreams-on7dg]

Why would a country do this to his own people

[@xmlthegreat]

@Ti Xier they did it to their own subjects, stop lying.

[@edinhoguzman4525]

UK Where the racism born litterally

[@croesusdelta231]

Cry Freedom... Cry Justice...

[@minionmememindset7889]

They have to go back.

[@jeremytravis360]

It doesn't just concern people from the West Indies. People from other commonwealth countries have been affected as well.

[@Edbashir]

Lol @ the motherland

[@c4arla]

That’s weird in the 2000s

[@raquelaramon1938]

This is really hurting my heart.

[@RasPutintheGreat]

GB's law about person owning another was just abolished in 2010. Found about it in QI, if anyone is interested.

[@cucumber623]

yeah? wth never heard about that

[@dxtxzbunchanumbers]

B-b-but muh sovereign tea!

[@gnoglyr7798]

Out of curiosity, was it not possible for them to have applied for citizenship during any time of the half century they spent in the UK?

[@sprogg2001]

White people didn't have to apply for citizenship. If your born in the UK, why do you need to apply for citizenship?

[@mamaraah2578]

They were commonwealth citizens when they came to the UK.

[@URmommastookis]

…now THAT , Olivia’s speech, is an upperclass London accent

[@jmartins2729]

That's the reason all brothers and sisters shouldn't want to represent England and instead represent their roots on international level (Sterling, AJ, Rashford, Saka, ect...)

[@hamishlobb9609]

Really enjoyed that haven’t been the biggest fan of ripping our country and government but really found this interesting and compelling! Great job and prey the victims are helped further

[@NeuroEverything]

The UK is institutionally racist? You. Don’t. Say. (shocked pikatchu face)

[@Darkest_matter]

Why did EVERYTHING happen in 1948 in the UK?

[@JeroenBIG]

There’s a lot missing about this story. Why didn’t they get registered as british when they first came in? Didn’t they have a government registration system for that. We have had that in the netherlands since napoleon. Could they live all these years without a passport? I just don’t get it.

[@ShannaNL]

Ofcourse there is. It's all about money. They want more compensation and give a victim story with BLM entitlements. Because slavery, yo.

[@0x0michael]

@Jeroen their landing cards could've been used to give them citizenship but the British government had it destroyed recently

[@flyingface]

Game is rigged

[@curtiskelly1242]

Why did the immigrants not have documentation? Were they refused it or just never bothered to get it?

[@sivartb7273]

8:43 the government also destroyed landing cards/ documentation that could be used as proof of legal migration.

[@yolo12345lol]

In America this kind of action is actually supported

[@justsomeone64]

"Why do white families have 9 times that of a black African family" 14:16 I'm gonna presume she means some, but not all. Because my sister is broke with no job. My dad has no savings passing 40 and my mum is a benefits scrounger. So... From my perspective, coming from a white family. How would I have 9 times that of a black African family? I still want a change of government. But this point in particular confuses me 👀

[@sachin2842]

just classic, get the job done and say goodbye 👋

[@sachin2842]

@Ti Xier they built europe and America they deserve 💯 citizenship and even some compensation the atrocities they were put through.

[@imran007ju]

and the UK govt is inviting the Hong Konger (obviously rich ppl) to get UK citizenship. What a pathetic policy???

[@BasedApricot]

Those born before 1997 in Hong Kong are British nationals.

[@denisebay1737]

@@BasedApricot they don’t need to apply? I don’t think so....there are lots of very poor old hongkongers in HK couldn’t afford a place to live and lived in a ‘cage’...if they were British citizens why don’t they just come to the UK and get the benefits? (HK had low tax and poorer social network)

[@seneca983]

Wrt Hong Kong the UK is doing the right thing (whereas with the Windrush people it didn't do the right thing).

[@ryanhurley3805]

This is so crazy to me, my grandparents emigrated from Ireland to Britain before 1971, is the only reason they didn't have to deal with this because they were white?

[@BigHenFor]

Practically. If you look at the history of racism in the British Isles, it was the case that people of Irish descent weren't considered White in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. That was a hangover from the English Reformation and the colonisation of Catholic Ireland by the English and the consequences of that with the Irish Potato Famine, and the prejudice against Irish migrants - the Navvies - who came to Britain to build their roads, and railways and canals. As many were Catholics they were excluded by laws from a lot of professions, and it wasn't until the late 19th century that those laws were abolished. Centuries of that struggle are still at play in Northern Ireland. The English first tried to colonise Ireland in 1192, and here we are now still needing to refer to it, as another living example of the consequences of state-sponsored racism. Ignorance and Knowledge are two sides of the same coin. When the State wants you to forget or ignore something about the past be very careful, as you might be likely to be short-changed in the present by the powerful.

[@ryanhurley3805]

@@BigHenFor yeah I was aware of most of that and my grandparents did have to deal with racism, particularly being called terrorists, but they never had any recent threat to their citizenship here and the only difference between them and the people in the video is skin colour

[@SerBallister]

​@@BigHenFor You seem a little too biased toward the English. "colonisation of Catholic Ireland by the English" I thought a lot of the Northern Irish were descended from the Scottish ? If you go further back in history you'll find that the Scottish themselves were invaders who wiped out the existing tribes and cultures there. If colonisation is state sponsored racism, would you agree the Norman's, Romans, Celtic tribes, were racist too ?

[@xmlthegreat]

@@SerBallister yep, Norse were literally war criminals. So were the huns and the goths and so on and so forth. If you can produce Genghis Khan in a court I'd love to prosecute him for war crimes. In the meanwhile, let's make sure those who are still suffering now get their reprieve. Then we can embark on your fantasy of punishing dead cultures, you simpleton.

[@presidentfist2787]

The Windrush scandal was terrible but that last part was misleading. Black African families are newer immigrants and therefore tend to have less wealth. Black Caribbean families (which were more affected by the scandal) actually have a higher average wealth than all other ethnic groups.

[@onochienwagbogu8950]

not true at all. African UK immigrates are wealthier and more educated than Caribbean immigrants. Because they are often given a path to citizenship through economic migration and skilled workers compared to caribbean immigrants who came to the U.K for unskilled migration in the 1970s

[@binarysignals9593]

Indians are the wealthiest ethnic minority in the UK. By far.

[@binarysignals9593]

@Nova Flares The UK is extremely tolerant and so are the people. Causal racism is low unlike france spain italy etc. Our standards are usually a lot higher and we get judged on those. I can live with that.

[@presidentfist2787]

@@binarysignals9593 Data from the latest ONS report show data on the contrary. There are a lot of very rich British Indians though.

[@presidentfist2787]

@@onochienwagbogu8950 Please look at latest ONS report. The descendants of the windrush generation are now second and third generation.

[@Gary-gt6qw]

I left just before the Brixton riot's ,..1980. Love England , had to flee .. tough place ... Very Awkward , and ' technical ' and pure drama ..never far away .. I was born and raised in Brixton Market... I am in my 60s now ... Some white people were very nice to me ...but I never felt safe ...

[@DarceG-jh1ik]

I agree with the video and think this is dreadful. Can someone explain to me how more health workers that died of covid being black means institutional racism?

[@georgegeorge4921]

There talking out of their arses.

[@Prussian_Defence]

So basically people should realize that Europeans ( Polish, Bulgarians etc. ) got the same opportunity as Commonwealth people, but we played by the rules to come here, even with the EU Settlement Scheme, which now regulates the flow of immigrants from Europe.

[@agaragar21]

WHAT ???

[@3-Kashmir]

@@agaragar21 💯💯💯

[@kq7739]

I thought residence permit is given automatically if you lived in the country for over 5 or 6years? How did the person manage get on benefits,welfare (keeping them while working part time to ensure you are eligible)

[@Technik500]

This is so sad. 😢

[@celloallo4968]

It was the same with Germany. Germany tuck the türkisch people of Turkey, to help them to build new Germany. My family is one of them. The Germans welcomed us. Then about 10 years later, they said know you can go back.

[@celloallo4968]

@plentyness Turkey and Germany where always friends we together lost the 1 first world war. And in the world war 2 , we where still friends and helped each other. but almost nobody get back to Turkey. Almost 6 million türkisch people live in Germany, 4 million türkisch citizens and 2 million with German citizenship

[@user-zr8wz5lt5y]

@plentyness Fact is european never paid back what they have stoled. All the loss and wealth they stole need to be paid back with interest don't you think? I mean stealing wasn't legal even in 1600.

[@hydrolifetech7911]

@@user-zr8wz5lt5y you can't argue bigotry out of people even when they gain from not being bigots

[@lucasbendit7564]

@plentyness If a country burned down a village enslaved the villagers, do the villagers and their descendants have no right to be angry at that country just because “everyone else did it?” Substitute literally any crime instead of burning homes and enslaving people and it’ll become clear how weak your argument is. The way to deal with thorny issues such as those is to acknowledge that while they were acceptable then, they are wrong now and you apologize and try to mitigate any issues. What you don’t do is throw your hands in the air, say “I was just following the bandwagon, sorry not sorry, that’s how it was, tough and you should leave.” What an amazingly fantastic way to keep cultural disunity alive by being so incredibly callous.

[@megamanx466]

A work visa is not the same as citizenship... unfortunately. Also, just about *every* country in Europe at one point was the strongest of them all and Turkey was once part of the most powerful empire in the area mostly up until WW1. The video is about *50* years(5 times the time) of being in the U.K. over multiple generations, policies changing without new documentation to separate the old from potential new citizens, and total loss of income over a decade with inadequate backpay of the U.K.'s basic social benefits for that time. Not the same.

[@divinelove4604]

I dont think I would want to go to London. I heard how cold they are from other Europeans. I think they might not have any love in them. I cry when others cry and I think the British would find me silly for it.

[@agaragar21]

I find you silly !!!

[@knnthfrmn]

Brits are generally more sociable than other Europeans. Just because small talk with strangers isn't normal doesn't mean the people are cold.

[@VDidIt9]

Seems to always always and forever to be about one's race. Earth is a pretty suckish place!

[@robertrelf9721]

If we don’t react to this tyranny we are all doomed come on people we all need to stand together and crush this government tyranny

[@youtubevideos5472]

Traitors 🇬🇧👎🍊🙊🍊

[@lesterksi4521]

Embarrassing

[@WahyuSetiawan-sz4lc]

The mother of america. .

[@vinoopmalkani5350]

Systematic failings at place was the right answer

[@in551125do]

It's called racism..........

[@BimRen246]

Yup, this is what Institutional racism/systemic racism looks like

[@georgegeorge4921]

Rubbish.

[@neilknightley4703]

i only clicked cuz i think she pretty

[@xmlthegreat]

At least you're honest

[@RaySmith79]

Evil

[@MubashirullahD]

It robed all these countries and now treats them like this SIGH. oh well

[@adrikhankant6170]

They will do the same to the Europeans living in UK

[@adrikhankant6170]

@TREVELL N. they have documents and at then not even that mattters, europeans don't have any documentation to prove their citizen status, it will happen again.

[@kderonimo8825]

$FBRKF