A new Windrush is in the making. Its victims are the most vulnerable of young people | Sonia Sodha

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Children in care born to EU parents face complex barriers to remaining in the UK

Three years on, the individual tales of Windrush injustice still have the power to catch my breath. Men and women who moved to Britain as children decades ago, who found themselves banished from the UK for the remainder of their life after a holiday abroad, wrongfully arrested, detained and threatened with deportation, and denied life-saving care on the NHS. So many stories of the British state ruining black lives, but one stands out for its exquisite cruelty: that of Jay, the son of a Windrush immigrant.

Related: From Macpherson to Windrush: UK inquiries into racial injustice

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