They are people who arrived in the UK after the second world war from Caribbean countries at the invitation of the British government. An estimated 50,000 people face the risk of deportation if they never formalised their residency status and do not have the required documentation to prove it. It requires employers, NHS staff, private landlords and other bodies to demand evidence of people’s citizenship or immigration status. Marshall visited the same Croydon office several times to try to explain he was in the UK legally. Marshall arrived in London from Jamaica as a teenager in 1973 to join his mother who was working as a nurse.

Source: The Guardian April 27, 2018 17:44 UTC