LESE Race Relations Committee support Windrush Campaign 2020 Tuesday 10 Mar 2020

TUC LESE Race Relations Committee support Windrush Campaign 2020

Event details

Date

Tue, 10 Mar 2020 - 18:00 to 20:30

Location

TUC Congress House 23-28 Great Russell Street London WC1B 3LS United Kingdom

Contact

lese@tuc.org.uk

Cost

FREE ADMISSION (Registration Essential)

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Overview

TUESDAY 10 MARCH 2020

18:00 – 20:30

TUC Congress House, 23-28 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS

#WidenWindrush Campaign is a legal and political campaign to win an amendment to the Windrush Scheme. Currently the descendants and family members of the Windrush Generation – those who came after 1973 & 1988 are excluded from using the Windrush Taskforce (who operate the Windrush Scheme) to regularise their stay. This is because of the racism encoded in British Immigration legislation of 1968, 1971 and 1981.

Guest speakers:

* Antonia Bright, Movement for Justice Campaign Coordinator

* Declan Owens, Solicitor at Thompsons Solicitors

* Grace Brown, Barrister at Garden Court 

More information: HERE

Please register: lese@tuc.org.uk / 020 7467 1220

Movement for Justice stall

This event is supported by LESE Race Relations Committee

Windrush Impact Report, January 2019 (Alex Pascall)

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