The Windrush betrayal : exposing the hostile environment / Amelia Gentleman.
Publisher: London : Guardian Faber, 2020Copyright date: ©2019Description: xi, 335 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 20 cmContent type: still image | text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: 022320763ISBN: 9781783351855Subject(s): Black people -- Great Britain -- Social conditions | Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policyItem type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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A searing portrait of Britain's hostile environment by the celebrated journalist, longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2019.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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