When my parents in their generation
arrived in this country
under the Nationality Act of 1948
they arrived here as British citizens
It is inhumane and cruel
for so many of that Windrush generation
to have suffered so long in this condition
and for secretary of state
only to have made a statement today on this issue
Can she tell the House
how many have been detained
as prisoners in their own country?
Can't she tell the House
how many have been denied health
under the National Health Service?
How many have denied pensions?
How many have lost their job?
This is a day of national shame
and it has come about
because of a hostile environment policy
that was begun under her, Prime Minister
Let's call it as it is!
If you lay down with dogs, you get fleas!
And that is what has happened
with this far-right rhetoric in this country!