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Editor's note
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It was meant to be a year of celebration. June 2018 would mark 70 years since the Empire Windrush arrived in London’s Tilbury Docks, carrying the first of many West Indians invited by the British government to make a new life in the UK. But by April, a steady drip of stories about members of the "Windrush generation" facing deportation under the UK’s hostile environment immigration policies, erupted into a political scandal.
Amid outrage that eventually led to the resignation of the home secretary over deportation targets, a national conversation began about the impact of the UK’s immigration policies on people living in permanent limbo. There were warnings, too, about the dangers of destroying key archives, the need to avoid a similar fate for the children of EU citizens after Brexit, and that the newly rebranded "compliant environment" still turned ordinary citizens into border guards.
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Gemma Ware
Society Editor
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Wendy Webster, University of Huddersfield
People from the Windrush generation have been told recently that they do not belong in Britain, but they are no strangers to feelings of unbelonging, which feature strongly in their stories of early life in Britain.
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James Procter, Newcastle University
Windrush passengers became frequent guests on the BBC after their arrival 70 years ago.
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Dora Vargha, University of Exeter
The Home Office threw away landing documents that are now vital to people trying to prove their right to stay in the UK.
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Georgie Wemyss, University of East London
The continuing fight against the creeping demands of the UK's immigration system.
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Richard Warren, University of Kent
An immigration law expert on what it's like to navigate the UK's hostile environment.
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Victoria Canning, The Open University; Monish Bhatia, Birkbeck, University of London
Home Office deportation targets reduce complex human stories to statistics.
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Erica Consterdine, University of Sussex
In a bid to meet unrealistic migration targets, the government has been enforcing document checks at every turn.
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Tendayi Bloom, The Open University
It's time to stop the brutality of the UK's 'hostile environment' for migrants.
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Featured events
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Exhibition Space, Emily Wilding Davison Building, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom — Royal Holloway
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Picture Gallery, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom — Royal Holloway
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Picture Gallery, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom — Royal Holloway
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Exhibition Space, Emily Wilding Davison Building, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom — Royal Holloway
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