"The Rev Clive Foster said Windrush scandal survivors were questioning whether history is repeating itself as UK politicians target legal migrants. Foster, whose parents came to the UK from Jamaica in 1959, called for empathy and compassion in Home Office decision-making, adding: I don't want to live in a country where I'm made to feel I don't belong."
"Foster is now calling for proper stress testing of any proposed changes to immigration policy to ensure there is a clear understanding of the human impact, suggesting legislation could be needed to ensure no future government rowed back on promises made after Windrush. In the Windrush scandal, Commonwealth Britons who had entered the country legally as British subjects were wrongly classed as illegal migrants years later."
"In parallels with the rhetoric of the 1970s, the UK's migration debate reached another low point this week when Katie Lam, a Tory MP, said legal migrants should go home. Reform UK has said it would scrap indefinite leave to remain the pathway to settlement for legal migrants. Meanwhile, the Labour government plans to double the standard qualifying period for settlement."
Rev Clive Foster warns that Windrush survivors are questioning whether history is repeating as politicians target legal migrants. Foster, whose parents arrived from Jamaica in 1959, urges empathy and compassion in Home Office decision-making and says he does not want to feel he does not belong. Foster has met 700 survivors since taking office and secured adoption of recommendations to reform the Windrush compensation scheme. Foster calls for stress testing of immigration policy changes and suggests legislation may be needed to prevent future rollback on promises. Recent political rhetoric and party proposals risk undermining settlement rights for legal migrants.
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