The home secretary has apologised on behalf of the government for the Home Office’s ‘institutional ignorance and thoughtlessness’ in the way it dealt with the Windrush generation. The Windrush lessons learned review criticised Home Office staff and government ministers for their continued failure to admit the magnitude of their mistakes and the scale of damage inflicted on thousands of legal UK residents who were wrongly classified as illegal immigrants with catastrophic results
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Windrush report condemns Home Office ‘ignorance and thoughtlessness’ ► https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/mar/19/windrush-report-condemns-home-office-ignorance-and-thoughtlessness
Windrush review to call for reform of ‘reckless’ Home Office ► https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/mar/19/windrush-review-to-call-for-reform-of-reckless-home-office
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