• May Bulman Social Affairs Correspondent
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British citizens of Indian, Ghanaian and Pakistani descent have been hit by the government’s “hostile environment” immigration policy – forcing the Home Office’s Windrush scandal taskforce to step in, The Independent can reveal.

In dozens of cases of alleged discrimination, people born in Commonwealth nations who have lived in the UK for decades have been left stranded abroad or threatened with deportation.

Charities said growing numbers from outside the Caribbean had approached them in need of support with immigration issues – and warned that the Windrush fiasco was the “tip of the iceberg”.

Labour MP Virendra Sharma, who chairs the Indo-British all-party parliamentary group, said: “The treatment of these hard-working and British citizens is appalling. While thousands were asked to come to UK to help rebuild after the war, the Home Office is showing them nothing but disdain when they are heroes. I want this government to show respect for those who helped the UK off its knees and an amnesty for the Windrush generation, whichever country they are from.”

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/windrush-commonwealth-hostile-india-ghana-pakistan-a8404936.html