Windrush scandal: returning to the UK after a forty year wait
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- Опубліковано 2 тра 2024
- Imagine going on a family holiday and being told you have no right to return to the only place you have ever called home. (Subscribe: bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe)
That’s what happened to 70-year-old Richard Black, who went to Trinidad from the UK 40 years ago to visit his in-laws.
He's thought to be one of the earliest victims of the Windrush scandal.
Four decades later he's finally been given the right to return to London.
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£40,000 for 40years of illegal exile. The Home Office is racist, I am annoyed at the interviewer for saying 40K is a lot of money. The man needs a house and money to rebuild his life.
well said
That what they said to me . They improved it to 129 but still about 300 short. I am appealing but if I don't get it c them in court
Politicians are not good people they're self centered, self important and needy people who believe they know what's best for everyone else. Basically... little Hitler's.
THIS IMMIGRANT DESERVES NOTHING
Racist
Post office staff are receive 600k+ but windrush victims only receive 20-40k ? Ridiculous bro secure your bag and get back to the Caribbean asap build ur house and enjoy some Wray and nephew
I mean, let's not pitch people against each other, nor forget that many postmasters were minority groups whose persecution also took on racist flavours...
The Post Office victims got very little between them and it doesn't compensate what was actually taken from them. It's ended up being 4-figure sums when they often lost hundreds of thousands, as in everything they had.
We can demand proper compensation for both, and proper punishment for the perpetrators for both. Please, please don't make it an either or. This is how they do it - divide and rule.
He’s had 41 YEARS building a life in his original homeland. He’s not British, never was and we don’t owe him anything. He just wants compo.
@@mogznwazwho is brithis in the first place 😂
@@mogznwazI agree
Shouldn’t be here. They came from jobless crime ridden Jamaica and never went back tells you what a soft Country we are. The decline of Britain started in the Windrush years . Now we have their problems and an ever increasing population infecting Britain.
Black girl had audacity to ask him stupid questions. She needs to be removed
The young female interviewer seemed to be very inexperience. She need to find another vocation.She just couldn't find any sensible questions to ask him. She's just a time waster very disappointing😞
Why ask him when it's clear what he wants...
A handout.
She's just being a typical journalist they always play Devil's Advocate.
We black people have to have another solution which is to build and stay at where we are originally from. These problems will never end.
I agree ☝🏾
It’s great to have a network worldwide, but the problem is blk people try to assimilate too much in the countries they go to, instead of seeing themselves as part of the wider blk network...
fact
I'm really shocked, why would he call this place Home ? At his age, what is he coming to do? Unless he's going to be on the dole with a rent free house.
Most of us Caribbeans depend on tourism and shipping produce. In the UK we haven't any circulation and the money going back to the people that pay us
This is a bigger scandal than the Post Office.
How?
Please don't pitch victims against each other. We can care about everyone.
No it’s not.
Thought someone would play that card lol
Did people go to prison?
So upsetting that the UK government thought this was acceptable and even now have denied his daughter citizenship. I'm ashamed to be British
@@ChristianPatriarchy to my shame, I am
@@ChristianPatriarchy Are you British or just another ethno Western Christian chauvenist ?
Get some self respect for God's sake. It was an error. If people had sorted their paper work out, it wouldn't have happened
@@ChristianPatriarchy I am not Anglo-Saxon but I pay taxes and work here I have a UK passport , I do not claim any benefits. Is it ok to call myself British? Is that ok sir?
@@phyllisbennett5414 have you heard yourself
I am deeply saddened and disappointed to see this. Mr. Richard should never fight to return to the UK. In fact, I want to share a fact with all ethnic minority individuals: no matter how appealing it may seem to come to the UK for an easier life, we must remember that our own countries of origin have their own problems. Instead of seeking an easy way out by coming to the UK, where we may be treated as second-class citizens, we should work hard to lead better lives in our home countries. It's important to have pride and self-respect. Believe me, the UK or the USA is not necessarily better than our own countries.
I agree with you.
It's time for all ethnic minority to free themselves from mental salvery and don't allow the west to brainwash us to believe that the western world is the land of opportunity and go back to their countries and work hard to build their countries.
Your countries have got everything ,human resources,natural resources,vast land for agriculture etc.
Where do you live? If you are still in the US or UK then your advice probably loses weight.
Honest truth that alot of people Don want to hear.
Very well structured and considered reply.I don't thinkany amount of money can compensate for so many years of hurt for fine decent people.I respect everyone in this situation and as a white guy feel deeply ashamed at your treatment or more accurately mistreatment.I would love to have you as a friend .
@@diligenceeke3023 I’d say the message still holds weight no matter where the messenger resides.
My mother was a Windrush child who grew up here in the UK, and even worked for the British government (British Gas). However she went to Jamaica for family reason and was never allowed to return back thus separating myself and other family members (father and siblings especially) until for decades until her death in Jamaica - I fully appreciate this man’s pain and anger at the British government. I once attempted to apply for the Windrush Scandal compensation but the emotions were so raw I quickly abandoned it! 🇬🇧 🇯🇲
Why didn’t you go join her if you cared so much? Jamaicans are always very big on their ‘roots’ and their culture like it’s so much better than Britain so why not live it for real?
@@mogznwaz I’m sure you’ll have a different opinion if this happened to you and your family.
@@mogznwazyou are as rotten and evil as the British home office
I’m so sorry you and family had to go through that.
Good idea to refuse to fall into the compensation culture trap. The pain it brings is not worth the money. Peace of mind is free.
That woman interviewing this man is very annoying.
Dont leave Trinidad mate...you're better off there than ol blighty!
He deserves to come to uk and get compensation for time lost
Right, things are changing in Ba ylon.... long term he might be better off in Trini
@@susuilu yeh after getting what he’s DUE
I would get the money and return back to paradise of Trinidad. At his age there's very little to gain in the UK . Unless he's coming to apply for naturalization of his daughter that's progress ✅ otherwise I don't see the benefit of returning back to UK. Js
@@naturerazzi7shi495 I believe he's been lied to, or perhaps he still believes his good childhood memory is still alive in the UK. Does it mean life was better back then for we blacks as compared to now?
40000 is alot of money the cheek of that woman it wont even buy a garage in London
Innit😒
This is gross.
Look how they treat us when we work on THEIR BEHALF! Disgraceful.
We don't want you.
His right to live here ran out decades ago. Nothing disgraceful about any of it. This has nothing to do with the Windrush farago which lets be honest would have been avoided if they'd got their paper work sorted out
If you knew how ignorant you sounded, how is a small child supposed to sort out there their status when they don’t even know about it? First of all? That’s what it was with many of these people their parents came here. Their parents were told they were allowed to come here. They never knew that there was any outstanding paperwork as you’ve claimed and you just sound like a racist fool.
Deportation can be illegal.
@@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp that has never been required and they were never told or warned he came as a child for god sake.
So no.
Let me see if I understand this story, so 40 years ago, 70 year old Richard was blocked from entering the UK he was then 30 years old then. He built a life in Trinidad he's home country with his wife and had a daughter. So why come back now to London after 40 years, when he has nothing here? I don't understand.
Me too. Doesn't make sense.
Making a political point me thinks
Because it was not his choice, and it is unfinished business. I fully understand him although I am from Central Europe I have never closed my door back home as I planned to stay in the UK for 6 months only in 2006...Why am I not going back now? Because I have my life here and also have my 'paused' life there.
I think he had to come bak for his mother, sew her grave n make peace but i do think its abit odd he left his daughter alone
Return back quick home with your 40k .
This is UK government for you. They even mistreated Gurkhas in their lesser payments compared to British counterparts who got higher despite on equal terms. HYPOCRITES!
We treat immigrants great in the whole , Howe et we have an immigration issue , if we are so bad why do so many want to live here 🤔
if you don’t like the uk don’t live here it’s that simple. there’s a big world out there
@@thewomaninblack5827 I agree but let's also keep the same energy for the brits who went around the wolrd colonising thousands of black countries and using us as slaves to build their country
@@Jennyxx-ie5jw ok that’s hundreds of years ago and this is happening now. you are no longer a slave and move on !!!!!
Come back to the UK? From the four seasons of summer to misery! Things are tough in the UK. I wish him the very best of British Luck.
He did Have a British passport and tried to renew it and they keep the passport and didn't give another.
He no longer had a right to live in Britain as his country became independent. It’s unlikely he ever actually had a British passport that’s bs
@@mogznwaz🤦🏾♂️what a clown
He will soon regret going back to that country...
He has gone thru it. Nothing will face him now. 😐😑
That what I just said I wouldn't go back have some pride
@@walter_foxx Let him collect what is owed to him. Litterally! 😏🙄
@@keturaequalizer He isn’t owed ANYTHING
No one owes him a penny
He should have never been deported even though he was invited to the UK. Deporting people falsely should be illegal.
They don't care it's just one less black person in the country
The Windrush migrants arrived after responding to an advertisement for cheap travel in the Jamaican newspaper The Daily Gleaner. That's not an "invite".
@@woden3894who do you think sent the windrush boats the British 🇬🇧 they needed our exspertise
They weren't invited
@@trapstar9968 The New Zealand Shipping Company which was owned by the same people who owned the The Gleaner newspaper. They were no invitations. Some jobs were advertised by the London Underground to HELP Caribbean countries having economic problems but that was all
£40K for 40+ years??? Less than £1K for each year
Given that this is a fake story he's very lucky
Insulting slap in the face .
Im looking forward to seeing the conclusive evidence you have to back that up@@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp
After 41 years and an immigrant to start with he’s about as British as Vladimir Putin. We owe him NOTHING
What ?????????@@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp
Stay in Trinidad, the uk is a piece of suit!
Racist segregated in the UK all over lawless society.
Anyone who seeks justice and believes in justice must see the injustice in all of what the wind rush generation has gone through, this is a great example of what structural and institutional racism looks like!!
I'm beginning to believe that there will not be a single soul in the Caribbean if the British government decides to allow ppl to board free ships to the UK today. Amazing how ppl want to come here so desperately.
@@everymanisyourteacher9951no one wants to come here, the fact is this man like countless others were born British or entitled to British citizenship legally! Maybe Britain should meaningfully acknowledge it’s colonial past and give reparations to the millions that suffered under it’s tyranny and who generationally have helped to build this nation without pay or compensation!
@@001tgc Yes I agree with you 💯. Like myself, I came to take what belongs to me and go build a better life for myself. As a Blackman, you can only be British on paper. Besides spending 40 plus in the Caribbean means having a solid foundation over there. Most I know off are building or preparing to move back to their ancestral home. Why live like a slave at where you are born when you can live like a king elsewhere? Does it mean it's a choice?
@@001tgc He has ZERO right to citizenship. I feel no white guilt
@@everymanisyourteacher9951 What is WRONG with you? Just listen to yourself. This guy was not born in Britain, his country became independent so he had no longer a legal right to be here and he did not bother to apply for citizenship, he went to his homeland and wasn’t let back in. That’s it. He had no ‘rights’ and he’s lived at home in Trinidad for 42 years. No one has ever been a ‘slave’ in Britain and to claim so is a nasty lie. If you aren’t happy or grateful to be British or live in Britain and somehow think you’re a ‘slave’ WHY are you here, or are you just another grifter with a chip on both shoulders?
The post office scandal is a good example that shows something is terribly wrong with the system
Sorry if this sounds unsympathetic but he wants to return to Notting Hill Gate/London which is not the same as the one he left. Hes also happy to live in an Island with very little sun and few perks for pensioners. He should rethink leaving that beautiful Island of Trinidad for cold uk 🙄
😅😅😅I said EXACTLY the same thing that your saying.. 2 be honest I think there’s more 2 the story because it makes no sense … why would you leave a paradise island at that age to move back to the U.K. ?? Makes no sense
he wants the uk benefits what else could it be? hardly need to be a detective to work that one out
Had that happened to you, or your family would you not want compensation?
Hypocrite.
@@edwardsewell8366 What happened to him? He didn’t bother to get the correct paperwork, went home to Trinidad then couldn’t get back in. He was not a child he was a grown man.
This is honeslty the comment i was looking for and i completly 100 percent agree. Uk has changed so much especially since covid. Uk back in the day with all the caribbeans and their communities was honeslty such a vibe. Im african and really like caribbeans and like u said he's missing the Uk from back in the day and isn't up to date with what it's like now. So sad
What is in UK that he is really going for? I was in UK for six years and i couldn't wait to get back to Kenya. I worked and worked in care and now back in Kenya am having a more fulfilled and happier moments. I wouldn't go back to that kind of life anymore. But i honesty respect the British people i interacted with, i will never forget the many who were so nice and warm. I have good memories..
The afrocaribean people are different to us Africans. They see this place as their mother country. They cry endless tears when they are separated from their mother country
@@daughterofenoch677ah sah….so y y’all running to Jamaica…every day another AFRICAN pops up with their videos about their visits to Jamaica….when our lawyers went to defend the Mau Mau freedom fighters in their court cases….when we Caribbean people led the call n fought to have South Africa excluded from International events like the Olympics, even as the US , Britain etal kept mum…..when the freedom fighters of Rhodesia/Zimbabwe chose Bob Marley’s anthem as their rallying cry….. btw, y did African Independence leaders flee to Britain for sanctuary when faced with overthrow bk home….we learned about our ancestry…what did u learn about us in ur schools….obviously, very little…feh
@@rasempress9724do you know all about the Caribbean islands and their history and cultures. They are not all the same so why would you ask Africa to do the same.
Am a born Jamaican n when I went to Primary School in the 60s, we learned about Africa , starting with the Bantus..y u think so many of our artistes’ content embraces Africa…in High School in the 70s, we had European, West Indian n African history in our syllabus….what u ‘see’ in what u CHOOSE to b ur take away, well, feh…
@@rasempress9724
Continue crying.
Its your special talent. ❤️
Im so sorry for the way Richard & other Windrush people were treated.
This man should be fairly compensated for the wrongs done to him.40k is a big insult/ 1k per year for the 40 years he suffered is an insult Im hoping and praying he'll get justice. .😯 🤔.
He was never British, he wasn’t born here, has no ancestry here, he didn’t get citizenship and he’s lived in his homeland for 41 YEARS. He’s about as British as Nelson Mandela - we owe him NOTHING.
What ‘wrongs’? Richard did not do his paperwork. Period.
I wonder if he’ll like the UK. It’s changed a lot.
He didn’t know it anyway and he hasn’t lived here for 41 years. He’s not British.
@@mogznwaznot British bet you ain't British either....he came to England at 8yrs from his original country of birth St Lucia hope for a better life never got a chance to become a lawer..Doctor..Bus driver ect and you are saying he doesn't deserve the money what can $40,000 heartless mf....
@ mogznwaz.. leave him
Alone. He has a legal right to be here
@mogznwaz I’m wondering what you’re trying to achieve commenting on every comment on this news item.
Your numerous comments show who you really are, deep inside you. I’ll advise that you spare your heart of the hateful emotions cos there’s nothing you can do about Richard’s return to the UK. Peace.
You build a comfortable life in a country that is not hostle to you . I can understand the hurt, especially having missed your mom's funeral. But why give up your new life to return to what is now a strange place?
These people need to stop making those big countries feel that no other place is better to live.
❤🎯👏🏼
This is why the U.K. is so expensive because it’s over hyped and people like this guy add to the hype… imagine leaving a tropical island at that age to come to the U.K. 🙄
@Spin_Diddy ikr. leaving his daughter behind with no close family and ranting about 40 grand payment being an insult. The man was not even born in the UK. Smdh,lol
Wealthy English men move away from the UK to spend their retirement years on tropical islands.
This one leaves his tropical paradise to come spend his old age in cold wet unfriendly Britain
He's not thinking straight.
@@jennpul1015😂 story makes no sense..most people at retirement age are leaving Europe and America and moving back to the Caribbean… I don’t understand what this man is doing
thank you channel 4 news for covering this.
His daughter can legally migrate to the UK through the windrush scheme & she as a Trinidadian citizen she can visit anytime visa free, as a big woman with these options she's by no means trapped
Are you a lawyer yes?
She’s actually stranded
Stranded in her own country? Boo hoo
@@mogznwaz I’d have her breath your air in any country of her choice
I'm familiar with the Windrush scandal and I have heard other people's accounts, but I'm not understanding why they would abandon their Daughter...I don't know that didn't sit right with me. Sometimes you have to count the cost, either way the UK and Europe at large are paying and will continue to pay for what they and their ancestors did to ours. Best of luck to all those affected by this.
We don’t owe you or anyone anything. No one forced those people to come to Britain and they certainly didn’t come for our benefit, but for their own. These grifters didn’t do the paperwork, got deported back to their actual homeland, and made a life there for 41 YEARS. They’re not British in any sense of the word. They’re just here for compo and stupid lefties fall for it every time.
They broke up their family and left a society that loves them for a mere £40,000 and a chance to go live in a society that loathes them.
Poor life choices
The daughters grown and she can visit them.
@@daughterofenoch677 exactly and the place they are returning to is not the place they left. Smh just sad.
@@solb101 🙄 smh
Why would he go back and leave his daughter behind? england will just be a strange land to him.
Because he’s a grifter. He doesn’t intend to stay he just wants compo
I can understand why he would want to visit the UK to see his mothers grave. But to move to the UK permanently after 40 years, leaving family as well his home in the Caribbean, a place where he was born and his roots are, seems a little strange.
He left the Caribbean when he was only 6 years old. How much do you remember from when you were 6?
@@phyllisbennett5414 I caught that. That wasn't what I was addressing.
Yeah I was going to say, what exactly has this got to do with the Windrush farago?
@@phyllisbennett5414Hes spent most of his life in Trinidad why would he return to the cold and in his old age. He has beautiful daughter back home. Just get your compensation brother and return home
Yeah it does, like I get fighting for what was taken from them, but to abandon his Daughter who has no other Family in Trinidad is wild to me and like you said his roots are Caribbean and he was born there. If he was his Daughter's age I would get moving back but at his age and after being gone for so long it seems odd.
British law is so inefficient and slow and non sensical
Then go live somewhere else
@mogznwaz I’m wondering what you’re trying to achieve commenting on every comment on this news item.
Your numerous comments show who you really are, deep inside you. I’ll advise that you spare your heart of the hateful emotions cos there’s nothing you can do about Richard’s return to the UK. Peace.
You're not bitter King, you're hurt! And I'm sorry for that 🙏🏽you deserve the world! Compensation should be AT LEAST in the millions for these victims! That's the least we can do!!!
This is what the uk is about. Use you up then discard you.
and that is regardless of race,
we need to remember how they treat there own PEOPLE!!!! let alone us
BRITISH PRISONS
HILLSBOROUGH DISASTER
CHILDREN'S HOMES
JIMMY SAVILE
THE ARMY VETERANS!!!!!!
who thought for the British elites freedom!!!!!! who sleep on the streets of Britain
remember people from Liverpool do not consider themselves ENGLISH!!!!!
True
Rubbish.
What tosh
"Coming home after 41 years"😂
More like stubbornly going back to a foreign country where you're hated after 41 years in your homeland where you're loved😂
Some people ...smh...
The Home Office is a disgrace. Wishing Richard and his family justice - he very rightly raises that like the Post Office workers affected by the Horizons scandal, the victims of the Windrush scandal deserve proper compensation to rebuild their lives
He could have mentioned Rotherham, Rochdale, Telford, Newcastle and all the other towns? What happened to the Post Office workers was genuinely appalling. This man is a massive grifter who we were clearly better off without
Exactly. The racism is so blatant.
This IMMIGRANT deserves nothing
He had a life in his homeland for 41 YEARS. What do you think he was doing all this time?
Ha! My mother left voluntarily and brought my British born self with her. When I look at how far you lot have not come, I'm so glad that she did.
Caribbean people, come home!
So glad you are back. We send are regards to you. Much love ❤
Might as well stay in Trinidad
What is he going back for?I hope to sort out his pension etc and go back to Trinidad and live a better live in dignity.
The lighting setup in that sitdoun interview was absolutely beautiful.
Any chance of a lighting breakdown for that?!
What is £40 000? Compared to 40 years and all the heart ache including losing his mother and not ambient allowed to say goodbye?
Why didn’t his mother join her precious son in their homeland?
Painful to hear him say "i'm so happy to be here"...... after this very country spit on you and told you all your years of existence meant nothing, 40,000pounds will do way more in any Caribbean island. Remnants of colonialism truly still dance in the minds of Caribbean folk, especially the older generation. smh
He makes a good point... why would they offer the post office victims as high as half a million but peanuts to Windrush?
Racist ministers created this chaos. Take the pension and leave. I was birn here, but i am leaving.
Bye!
Why does he want to be here? I’m perplexed
What a faithful lady ❤ God bless her
Left his daughter ‘stranded’
In her home country haha
@@thebaneofyourexistence.3377Exactjy! It’s his home country too
I'm very upset about what he had to go through but after 40 years whats the point in coming back to England. I understand he also came back to pay respect to his mother.
Why didn’t his mother join her precious son in Trinidad?
His mother could have joined him. Why didn’t she?
40k is Not a lot of money today. Not even 40 years ago was 40k worth 40+ years of life
It has to be wondered what is going on.Richard Black is clearly a wonderful man who I would welcome with open arms.I am so sorry for the way he has been treated.Yet criminals,undesirables and misfits who illegally enter the country are treated as celebrities and given so much help by the authorities..
One thing he will definitely notice upon his return is the fast disappearing original English people from England. In London they are now about 35% of population.
£1000 per year is a insult and a disgrace for illegally removing and destroying people lives who had the right to be here even more so to be sent back to a country that you was only born in and knew nothing about and away from your family that’s cruel to say the least ,these are people who had families jobs a home not to mention the young that fell claim to the disgusting practice
The post office scandal people took their own lives so it's no surprise they were paid more the same as the people who got HIV and hepatitis c and those people are still waiting for justice
Instead of complaining about £40:000 take the money he is lucky to be offered that
Britain has a reputation for transporting people around the world against their wish.
I’m sorry how many people got caught up in so called Windrush scandal. I think all the recent people should have been giving stay, for not having there papers. What I mean is they should have done papers in the 80s that when my parents and 2 of my siblings who were born in St Vincent did theirs , I was ok because I was born here. My elder brother didn’t do his , but was lucky cos he travel bs l to St Vincent in 2008 which Js 4 years before Teresa mays Hostile Environment Policies. If my brother had decided to go back after 2012 they Hostile environment policy would have required him to prove that he has been in uk since 1969 he would have to give evidence for every year of being here. When this policy was put in place I do t think it was set up for catching lo g time residence of uk. So the policy created that problem. The administrator of the policy was ignorant when ppl tried to tell them they been here since the 60s, Plus Windrush kids mainly got the brunt of it, most now in their 60s had no proof cos they came on parents passport. These kids should have done papers in the 80s when required but as ppl do they miss these things sometimes or like my brother had no interest in doing it. So for my it not totally racism, but I thing racism played a part in it when they dealt with individual cases they didn’t want to comprise. Proving you been in country for 40 plus years is not easy when they asking for details for every single year. Remember hostile Environment was designed to catch recent illegal immigration. So enviroment policy required everyone who was applying for a job, driving licence, buying property or renting to provide prove if British citizens by showing passport. So some Windrush first generation children who now in 60s never had a passport cos they never went back home since they been here. Plus some Windrush people who had Jamaican passport when they went home to visit had problems coning back if they went to ja after 2012, but I need to research that one more.
40,000 is a lot of money but in this situation the compensation is peanuts 40,000 for 40 years
🤔 It's ironic to hear the ruling class talk about British values when honesty, integrity and loyalty seem like misnomers. The Windrush generation made significant contributions to this country's growth and success, with many of their family members even aiding in the war effort. Yet, their treatment is a glaring example of betrayal. Unfortunately, it's not surprising, considering the historical mistreatment of groups like the Gurkhas and the struggles faced by Afghan translators and their families. It's a shameful reality. God forbid, if there’s another war, people might reconsider their allegiances differently.
No they didn’t. There weren’t many of them and they were mostly concentrated in a couple of areas of London so mostly just serving their own communities. This idea they ‘rebuilt Britain’ is not just grossly untrue it’s insulting to the British people who DID build it and rebuild it
If there’s another war I’ve no doubt none of the Muslims here would fight for Britain, they’d be the enemy within fighting against US.
@@mogznwaz 😂🤣😂 I’ll excuse you for your ignorance. That’s how the British educational system works. I suspect you were never taught about the black Tudors. Thank goodness, one doesn’t need to rely on terrestrial channels and propaganda from the media and ruling class. Information is almost infinite, it’s really simple to broaden your understanding and mind. It ain’t that difficult. The government needed workers to help fill post-War labour shortages and rebuild the economy. Asians, African’s and people of the Caribbean made a major contribution in the NHS, public transport, civil service, construction industry and many other institutions and industries. There are loads of reputable documentaries, books, post and articles. Please show some interest in your own history and educate yourself properly.
😂🤣😂Yeah right ! That’s what the good old British education system does. It pulls the wool over people’s eyes. Needless to say, with the abundance of media, articles, books, documentaries, etc, I’m pretty shocked that ignorant people like yourself still exist. Let me educate you. After World War II, the government implemented programs to encourage labour participation and boost economic recovery. These efforts often included recruiting workers for various industries, institutions, and infrastructure projects. Asians, Africans, and people from the Caribbean filled many of these roles. The NHS, the transport industry, civil service, construction industry are a few examples. It’s not that difficult to understand your own history. It’s not like the old days, where we had limited access to knowledge. Thank goodness those days are over. Please educate yourself, it’s a very simple thing to do.
@@mogznwaz 😂🤣😂Yeah right! That’s what the good old British education system does. It pulls the wool over people’s eyes. Needless to say, with the abundance of media, articles, books, documentaries, etc how have you remained clueless. Let me educate you. After World War II, the government implemented programs to encourage labor participation and boost economic recovery. These efforts often included recruiting workers for various industries, institutions, and infrastructure projects. Asians, Africans, and people from the Caribbean filled many of these roles. The NHS, the transport industry, civil service, construction industry are a few examples. It’s not that difficult to understand your own history. There are reputable documentaries, books, posts, and articles. It’s not like the old days, where we had limited access to knowledge. Thank goodness those days are over.
So sad to watch this video . As a black man I am really sad for what these people went through . Till today they refused to listen to their voice . These people worked hard during time of no machine and technology. The time of men used as a machine . Really appalling and terrible .
he was not even born in the UK whats his deal though. he was born in st lucia ok u were returned to the caribbean and thats an issue? some of these old people behave like theUK is heaven to them
as a Trini watching this is a disgrace . This scandal of the Windrush Generation is unacceptable. Blessing to Mr. Black I hope your remaining years are happy .
Nothing disgraceful about it. His residency had run out like various visas I've had ran out
@@OnlineEnglish-wl5rphe's British
Racism is rife in the UK.
@@fuckbankers No he isn't. But people like you have made Britishness meaningless
@@OnlineEnglish-wl5rpThe Dunning-Kruger is strong with you, huh? Windrush is absolutely not the same situation.
But why is he coming back? For what exactly? He needs to let go and go back to Trinidad.
Firstly woman no one watching would say 40k is worth 40 years of suffering!! what are you on about?
How has he suffered? Is Trinidad a terrible place? It is his homeland after all.
40 years not too late to come and milk the state. I see it coming. 40k is so much for you. Tryst me many of us would wish to have that.
Why come back after 40 years to place that abandoned you?
British Empire:
British subjects build me an empire....
(after British leaves you alone), you are not British. (Gurkha)
Pathetic comment
After 40 years why would you want to return.
Imagine leaving the Caribbean and moving to London and talking about “ I left the Caribbean to connect with carribean communities “😅😅 makes no sense
Personally I think he should just come as a tourist. No point living here now.
Disgraceful after we came here and help rebuild the UK.
Sir , u got offered 40k for 40 years of pain but they gave Ukraine billions for an avoidable war
What pain? He got a free ticket back to his amazing homeland of Trinidad!
Perfect timing for the government to play thus card now instead of dealing with this many years ago... they are using this now for there own political gains as in uk civil war looms ever closer.
Trinidad isn't that bad, life must be more affordable and who wouldn't want to live in the tropics
I wouldn't go back we need to have pride don't go where you not wanted
I Agree, Do you know how many West Indians/Caribbean Black people living in Britain have lost there connections back where they have come from?? A lot of them still believe UK is this wonderful place anything that is better than where they foreparents came from.
After 40 years away,how can UK be home though?
Painful and shameful situation.
40 000 is no money for 40 years ? This lady is maddd 😮about that's nothing be real
40 thousand can't repay what he lost
may you be properly compensated and they stop discriminating coloured brits effective immediately and be ashamed in what they've but this man through and so many others
What a cheek a lot of money
Rice and peas!
Name of that ragge soundtrack please.
£40000 is nothing
I cant lie we should have worked here and use the money to build back home!! Why did you lot choose to over stay here in this country where we dont and will never fit in no sun un healthy food and pure rubbish! 🤲🏾💯
Exactly💯 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
40,000 for destroying someone's life is disrespectful.
How have they destroyed his life? He was an immigrant, got sent back to his homeland and has made a life there for 41 YEARS. Are you saying it’s rubbish in Trinidad? Racist.
My Grandmother worked for 30yrs at the Home Office, she can remember typing letters telling the black immagrants to come and get their paperwork sorted out, they didnt show up, now they want compensation for something they never did . Lol😂😂
Are the British Premier agree of that ugly treatment?
Really, and in church every week new people comes in and even asking for work, after immigration let them in. I'm moving away from here because even if you win money goverment want to take it after me eating out of the bin to fine the the fees. UK will depressed you. Every week new people's come in and the ones who build this countrg been forsake my peoples keep the faint.
Must be a mad man coming back after 40 years and old coming back hear to dead out no mek sense
No disrespect to Richard ,glad he won his case, but i think he should have stayed in Trinidad, for his health, weather, relaxation mentally , and no stress amongst his own people, i left the UK 14 yrs ago, i was born here, i just come in work for 3 months send my money out and leave, who knows how his life would have been if he did not get deported, it could have been worse, God does nothing without good reason , and i believe all black people should leave the Uk , for their own self preservation, because you will never get justice from people who do not think you deserve anything😮
They have a good life in Trinidad. Why go to the UK?
That's what I'm thinking, why come back after 40 years?
He was subject to British law of the time. He wasn't born in the UK and no longer a british subject when his home Country went independant. People leaving righteous comments need to understand if they let everyone in the island would sink. excessive immigration is making us poor.
@stevejwilliams61...Tell that to masses of British that migrated to Australia, Canada, New Zealand the natives also said its making them poor, did you lot care about that ?
Nice reply, People like him knows less am glad you open his eyes, if he has more time he should go to those country and he will be shocked of his own comment.
@@onlineonlineaccount2368 British migration made Countries richer!
@@stevejwilliams61 Its made those country ''richer'' for the British migrant colonist who live their. The natives got poor because they where socially, economicaly and politically margenalized. Ask the Maoris, Aboriginals, the diverse Native Canadians and native South Africans how they lives felt with ''British occupation''. Historical facts one can not deny or dismiss.
Well said
What happened
This is England.
Labor had there hand in to . And if was him he better tek de £40.000 because if he hold out . The government wil give him not a penny😢
Let’s bring a different party into power.
Those squatting in Downing Street are on notice.
How will this man survive now he is back . ... curious....
Shamefull ”UK”!
Trinidad is better,a tropical as a temperate cold region! But I understand!