Stuck in Jamaica: 'My pension, my house and my kids are in the UK'Everyone in Jamaica knows someone who “lives in foreign” – the Jamaican expression for abroad. Icilda Williams left Jamaica for the UK in May 1962, a few months before the island went from a colony to an independent nation. Play Video 2:00 Who are the Windrush generation? “I’m glad the home secretary and the prime minister have now acknowledged a great hurt and disservice was done to the Windrush generation. The case of the Windrush generation and the speedy resolution that the government plans has given a false hope to people like Derek.

Source: The Guardian April 21, 2018 03:56 UTC