Joan Thomas is part of the Windrush generation that came to Britain as the country sought to rebuild after the Second World War. The group is named after the cruise ship that brought one of the first large groups of West Indians to Britain.Here, she tells Sky News she has called a Home Office helpline with her concerns over warnings that she and her peers could be deported unless they can prove they are entitled to be in the UK.I arrived at Heathrow Airport on 12 May 1965. I was 12 years old, and came to join my mother. St Vincent is where I was born, but Britain is my home.Now though, if I want to stay in the UK, it seems I need to find a piece of evidence for every year I've been here. Medical history, school history - they have to check it all.Who is going to keep an employment record back to 1972, when I started work, or their NHS access, or their P60?It's a daunting prospect.:: Windrush cases rise amid calls for more actionI've seen people in the news who haven't got any … [Read more...] about Windrush immigrant on deportation threat: ‘We thought we were British’
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British woman found guilty for posting ‘racist’ Snap Dogg lyrics on Instagram
A British teenager was punished by a court after she posted allegedly racist lyrics from rapper Snap Dogg that said “kill a snitch n---a, rob a rich n---a.” Chelsea Russell, a 19-year-old in Liverpool, argued that the words from the song "I'm Trippin" were not offensive, and that she had posted them in memory of a 13-year-old boy who was killed in a car crash last summer. But the lyrics on Russell’s Instagram biography, which any other user can see, were reported to police last year and transferred to a unit for hate crimes over the words' alleged racism, according to the Liverpool Echo. The teen was found guilty of “grossly offensive message by means of a public electronic communications network” given a curfew order limiting her movements from 8pm to 8am, as well as an electronic ankle bracelet to monitor her. Syracuse frat bros in awful video dig themselves into deeper hole Russell’s defense had said that n---a is repeatedly used by rap … [Read more...] about British woman found guilty for posting ‘racist’ Snap Dogg lyrics on Instagram
Police searching for British dad who ‘abducted twin daughters’ in France after custody battle
A BRITISH dad is being hunted by cops in Europe after allegedly abducting his twin daughters. John Patterson, 46, is believed to have taken Ava and Mia, three, from their home in France after losing a custody battle with wife Aleksandra Pietrasiewicz. Cops believe the photographer skipped the border into Luxembourg. He has now disappeared, ditched his phone and axed his social media accounts. A judge had banned him from leaving France with them and an arrest warrant has been issued. Aleksandra, 32, of Metz, said: “The police in France are looking for him but they can’t find him. I’m really really worried for the kids. “I just want to know first if they are OK because they have got health issues. "I’m panicking because Ava had to have an MRI scan because she had a brain haemorrhage at birth. “I just want to know that they are safe. “They need their mum and dad regardless of what is going on between us.” The couple used to live in Warwick. … [Read more...] about Police searching for British dad who ‘abducted twin daughters’ in France after custody battle
De La Rue ‘fiasco’ turns British institution ‘into bid target’
De la Rue’s handling of the new British passport contract has been labelled a “farce” after it drove down the security printer’s share price, leaving it vulnerable to an opportunistic takeover bid from foreign rivals. Activist investor Crystal Amber said that the company’s strategy had wiped almost £150m off its value in just four weeks and left potential buyers “salivating” at the opportunity to swoop on the historic business at a knock-down price. Other shareholders questioned chief executive Martin Sutherland’s judgment. One claimed De La Rue had “shot themselves in the foot”. Richard Bernstein, who leads Crystal Amber, said that De La Rue communications over the passport contract had been “farcical”. “Another great British company has just made itself a bid target,” warned Mr Bernstein. It emerged last month that De La Rue had lost the UK passport deal to … [Read more...] about De La Rue ‘fiasco’ turns British institution ‘into bid target’
U-turn on ‘British only’ Border Force Northern Ireland jobs
0 Comments U-turn on 'British only' Border Force Northern Ireland jobs BelfastTelegraph.co.uk Jobs to man border posts in Northern Ireland are to be re-advertised with a requirement only British passport holders can apply dropped. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/uturn-on-british-only-border-force-northern-ireland-jobs-36829373.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/article36810388.ece/004e2/AUTOCROP/h342/border_force.jpg Email Jobs to man border posts in Northern Ireland are to be re-advertised with a requirement only British passport holders can apply dropped. The Home Office apologised saying the initial requirement for candidates to have a "full and valid" British passport was "incorrect". "It should instead have read ‘a full and valid passport’," a Home Office spokeswoman told the Belfast Telegraph. "We apologise for this error and are now in the process of correcting it." The recruitment campaign for over … [Read more...] about U-turn on ‘British only’ Border Force Northern Ireland jobs