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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National

The British government continues to disrespect the Windrush generation

Jamaican immigrants at Tilbury, on board the HMT Empire Windrush, 22 June 1948.
Jamaican immigrants at Tilbury, on board the HMT Empire Windrush, 22 June 1948. Photograph: PA

Re (Suella Braverman plans to ditch key Windrush pledges, 6 January), the Windrush generation faced many hardships in the 1950s when they were promised a place to call a home and find work. Time and time again these promises have been neglected and thrown out as if they have never mattered. When will the government finally let those original 492 migrants be respected for all of the work they did rebuilding our country after the second world war?
Ryan Ross
Newcastle

• I was sickened to learn that the British government is reneging on its commitment to honour the recommendations of the Williams report. This has the whiff of a playground bully who, having been found out, gives his victim an extra kick when no one is looking.
Joan Lewis
St-Étienne-de-Gourgas, France

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