Windrush scandal caused by ‘30 years of racist immigration laws’ – report

‘Every single piece of immigration or citizenship legislation was designed at least in part to reduce the number of people with black or brown skin in the UK,’ the report says. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

The origins of the Windrush scandal lay in 30 years of racist immigration legislation designed to reduce the UK’s non-white population, according to a leaked government report.

The stark conclusion was set out in a Home Office commissioned paper that officials have repeatedly tried to suppress over the past year.