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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Chris Osuh and Amelia Gentleman

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Campaigner calls for judge led public inquiry into windrush scandal - The Untold Story

Patrick Vernon
Patrick Vernon says Windrush survivors have been traumatised by their treatment and their voices must be heard. Photograph: Sharon Wallace

A founder of Windrush Day has called for a public inquiry into the scandal amid this year’s “bittersweet” celebrations of Black Britons and their contribution to national life.

Patrick Vernon, who campaigned for the national day for nearly a decade before the government adopted it, said the mistreatment, detention and removal of Black Britons wrongly accused of being in the UK illegally had not been treated seriously enough.

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