Windrush: Violating Information Protection Police Nether The Guise Of Protecting It
May 14, 2018
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Introduction
There own got been numerous reports of Windrush Generation Commonwealth citizens beingness denied wellness care, detained, losing jobs together with threats of deportation. Nick Nason describes the Windrush Generation every bit Commonwealth citizens from the West Indies who were invited to the Great Britain afterwards WWII to address the shortage of workers at the time. There was a fourth dimension when West Indians enjoyed total liberty of movement. Nason notes that s.2(2)(b) of the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962 exempted from immigration controls those who arrived amongst their parents together with were nether 16. And this is even together with so truthful for children who arrived prior to 1 Jan 1973, every bit Nason puts it, they are ‘in the Great Britain legally.’
The number for the Windrush Generation arises due to successive immigrations laws, the argues that this is what happens when y'all permit dog-whistle racism learn mainstream.
Article fourteen of the ECHR details how the enjoyment of rights contained inwards the ECHR must endure protected inwards a non-discriminatory manner. The grounds for discrimination are non-exhaustive but include race, colour, national or social source together with birth. Any 1 of these tin endure relevant to the Windrush Generation. Article fourteen solely industrial plant inwards combination amongst around other noun Convention Right, inwards this trial Article 8 [84]. Article fourteen requires a departure inwards handling to those inwards an analogous or like situation [66]. The ECtHR own got maintained that:
[A] departure inwards handling may accept the cast of disproportionately prejudicial effects of a full general policy or stair out which, though couched inwards neutral terms, discriminates against a group…may sum to “indirect discrimination”, which does non necessarily require a discriminatory intent [184].
The Windrush Generation own got every bit much correct to endure hither every bit whatsoever other Great Britain citizen, yet they are the ones that a targeted nether the ‘hostile environment.’ Given that the Home Office destroyed landing cards, removed commutation protections that could own got avoided this. One could fence the actions of the Great Britain Government are to a greater extent than than only indirect discrimination because the discriminatory intent arises for the hapless reasoning for devastation of flight cards to the lack of reasoning for removing commutation protections. The Government has no objective reasonable justification for this departure inwards handling together with hence amounts to discrimination [196]. Moreover, the Windrush Generation are beingness treated every bit though they are immigrants. This engages a unlike type of discrimination number nether Article 14, a Thlimennos discrimination which notes that:
The correct non to endure discriminated against inwards the enjoyment of the rights guaranteed nether the Convention is too violated when U.S. without an objective together with reasonable justification neglect to process differently persons whose situations are significantly unlike [44].
There is no objective reasonable justification on whatsoever of the discriminatory grounds together with hence amounts to a violation of Article fourteen inwards conjunction amongst Article 8 [208-210]. Thus, nether the ECHR, the racist together with discriminatory elephant inwards the room is glared upon amongst distain.
Conclusions
This ship service has highlighted that the dubious reasoning every bit to why the Home Office destroyed crucial information that could own got helped preclude around of the tragedies of the Windrush Generation is flawed, logically together with legally. Not solely is it flawed, reliance on information protection grounds inwards ECHR damage would sum to using Article 8 every bit a shield, together with for the Great Britain Government to produce together with so would heighten serious questions regarding Article 17 (the abuse of rights). Not solely is the Home Office’s actions together with reasoning inwards violation of Article 8, it violates Article 8 on the Blue Planet of defending it. There is a bigger number which highlights the resurfacing of racism together with discrimination inwards a novel cast which violates Article 8 inwards conjunction amongst Article 14. The ‘hostile environment’ has provided a platform together with has legalised discrimination together with racism, the devastation of landing cards inwards 2010 tin endure seen every bit the starting fourth dimension steps towards this, together with the removal of commutation protections for the Windrush Generation inwards the 2014 Act is no accident either. The ‘hostile environment’ is the work together with the recent outrages shows that at that topographic point are ‘resources of hope, but fourth dimension is running out – nosotros are at 5 minutes to midnight.’
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