As it emerges that the UK government was aware of the uncertain status of the Windrush generation for years we take a look at images from our archive of the influence and impact of those who came to the UK during this time to seek new lives, many of them as children - believing in their status as British citizens until later in life when the government having destroyed their documentation denied their right to call Britain home leaving them vulnerable and without rights.

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