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Black -Bright- News Immigration & Deportation Issue

Issue 58

RETURN OF THE ‘ S U S S ’ L A W - A W AY O F P R O VO K I N G A P E AC E F U L C O M M U N I T Y

WERE 29K NIGERIANS DEPORTED FROM UK?

WHAT DOES OUR INDEPENDENCE, WINDRUSH & BREXIT HAVE IN COMMON

WILL CHILDREN COME HOME, NOW T H E Y ’ R E T R E AT E D A S A D U LT S ?

are now in workplaces, in police stations on standby waiting for feedback that an overstayer has been located, which is causing uneasiness in the foreign community.

The Editor’s Rant

What’s Going On...?

In Kenya, currently 80% of school age children have jigger flea infestation, which is very painful and could lead to amputation or death. Google ‘Jigger fleas’

I have been a bit remiss in producing this edition of Blackbright News. I have been so tied up with YouTube videos, and creating a presence there, that I neglected this magazine.

Boeing 737 Max 7 crashed, killing all on board. Conspiracy theories say that Americans were warned about boarding the Ethopian Plane and caught the one after.

Where the videos reach one segment of the market, this publication reaches another, so it is important that I keep them all going as and when I can. Forgive me, if you have been looking out for this edition - I am sorry it’s late.

Having said that, I hope it’s worth the wait.

Knife stabbings are at an all time high of just under 300 within one year, at the time of this publication resulting in an amendment to the Knife & Crime Bill, the new ASBO Law.

There has been a lot going on since the last edition of Black Bright News. There has been a blacklash from the deportation of 29 Jamaicans. Originally there were to 62 deportees, but after the uprising, intervention and investigation, it was reduced to 29, including Britons with a British Passport.

In December 2018, Trump ordered a 33 day Federal Shutdown to barter for his border wall, which affected 800,000 American Workers.

These are the topics I am going to focus on in this edition.

The Windrush Generation who have been adversely affected by the hostile environment policy (aka Compliant Policy) have still not received compensation, although I understand that the Windrush Scheme is now open to applicants.

Please like, subscribe and share my YouTube videos covering various forms of injustices, in particular, to do with deportation, immigration and unfair police practices. Just put ‘blackbrightnews’ in the Google search baro or type www.YouTube.com/c/BlackbrightNews.

Brexit and the possibility of no deal is unsettling – the UK stands poised for the worst. The UK leaving the European Union is high profile, as leaving is currently deferred until June 2019

It is hoped that Blackbright News will attract those individuals who are interested in what affects our black community, which may impact them directly or indirectly. After years of psychological indoctrination through media, false teaching, miseducation, manipulation etc, Blackbright is trying to clarify (in layman’s language) what is going on around us.

Section 60 (the suss law) has been unleashed on our young, effective 29 March 2019.

Operation Nexus (where the Police are working closely with the Home Office) to find overstayers. Immigration Officers

Myrna Loy, Founder & Managing Editor.

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FEDERAL SHUTDOWN IN USA

THE RETURN OF THE SUSS LAW

WHEN DEPORTATION IS WRONG

Federal Shutdown

WHY WERE 29K NIGERIANS EARMARKED FOR DEPORTATION?

WILL ONLINE APPLICATIONS, REPLACE IMMIGRATION ATTORNEYS?

When I heard about the Federal Government Shutdown, I went into the ‘End Times’ mode. It didn’t help watching the YouTube videos that told us to prepare for having no food and no lights.

WILL YOUR CHILD COME HOME NOW THEY’RE BEING TREATED LIKE ADULTS

380,000 ‘non-essential’ federal workers were sent home without pay, while essential workers were instructed to work without pay, and told to negotiate with their landlords with regard to their rent, and to liaise with bank staff with regard to payment of their mortgage. They were advised to take out loans to tie them over!

I shouldn’t make a judgement, but many of those federal workers they showed on our TV screens, did not look like they had money saved up. Those who were weekly paid were bawling, wondering how they were going to pay their rent, which indicated that they lived from week to week, and paid what they needed to out of their weekly pay check.

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It is times like these, that make me realise the importance of having money put by. I had money put by and blew it all on a car because I felt that after March 2019, something was going to happen. There was rumours about Diesels being recalled, which was my former car; that it would cost me £10 ultra low emission charge every time I visited London, which is

where my mother lived, and was meant to discourage cars with high emissions not to drive to London. So I decided to buy a car that would comply with the emissions legislation, but it left me broke.

I started to imagine what it must be like to expect my pay at the end of the month, and see nothing in my account.

When I bought the new car, I thought to myself, I will start saving very hard to build up some money in my account again, but it crossed my mind that if there was a shutdown like the US federal shutdown, in the UK, I would be just like those people who worked hand to mouth, and had nothing put down. That’s why it’s not good to judge people, because you never know what position you are going to be in at any particular time. There might have been many like, me because the shutdown in America, hapened just before Christmas. A time when most people would have been buying Christmas presents for their families, expecting to get paid so they could replenish their bank accounts - and it didn’t happen.

At that point, I would have been wondering if my car purchase had been sensible after all!

We all tend to make decisions, based on our current situation, when really we should be making decision based on a ‘What if..’ scenario.

In a ‘What if’ scenario, I could have held onto my Diesel car for a year or two, and had £5,k in my bank account, but then I might have ended up with a car, I was unable to sell.

I had already lost 70% what I paid for it, by virtue of it being a diesel car, so I did what I felt was best at the time.

I remember the second weekend in the New Year, when they were trying to force Trump to stop the shutdown, and seeing a warning on my bank account that said, “your salary is usually in your account by this date, and it hasn’t been deposited by your employer”. For a brief second, my heart sank. I didn’t remember seeing a message like that before, and in that moment, I forgot that what was happening in the US wasn’t happening in the UK, and when I realised, it made me empathise with how those federal workers must have felt.

The reason for the warning was because my last pay check came in early to account for Christmas, but I didn’t like that reminder. It made me feel as though 3 something was wrong... it put me in a

temporary moment of panic.

You call a service centre, and you’ll be directed to a website; or they will take so long to answer the phone, that we often give up and find an alternative method to resolve our queries. YouTube resolves a lot of queries, as does Google!!

I knew that if I wasn’t going to get paid, I would not go into work. I didn’t realise that Federal workers were not allowed to strike. If they are ordered to go into work, they must go in, even if they are not being paid. Can you imagine going into work, knowing that you have to do a good job for long hours, for no wages/salary? Where would the motivation come from?

If you go to a bank, there are only a couple of tellers, and a staff member at the door directs each customer to the machine “that can do almost anything the teller can do”.

I wonder if they realise they are being replaced and may soon be surplus to requirements.

Although it was unconstitutional to force people to work without pay, they did it and some paralleled it with slavery, without the physical torture.

Donald Trump, illustrated how the country can continue without a lot of the staff on the payroll. However, he underestimated the importance of the roles of some staff who he had laid off, but apart from that disruption, the wheels continued to turn.

The majority of federal workers looked as though there were of immigrant descent, so it is not surprising why they were instructed to report to work, and why they did so. I wonder how many of those who called in sick were people of colour?

Just because the federal shutdown happened in the United States, don’t think something similar cannot happen in the UK. Be prepared for any situation at any time. Save a few months rent, keep essentials stored away, just in case. You just never know...

The irony was that while federal workers were not being paid, Donald Trump’s staff were expected to receive a US$10,000 rise, which they put on hold until federal workers returned to work.

What the Federal Shutdown showed me was that we are all vulnerable. As long as we depend on a third party, the rug can be pulled from under our feet at any time. We go from day to day, expecting business as usual, not realising that we are all dispensable. Everywhere we look, we see signs of how people are being dispensed with and replaced by automation.

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W H E N D E P O R TAT I O N GOES WRONG In May 2018, 7,000 international students (but which they call ‘foreign’) were deported because the Home office claimed they cheated in English language tests by sending someone to sit the test for them Students were not allowed to appeal the Home Office decision; they were not allowed to obtain evidence against them, and nor were they allowed to retake an English proficiency test. Many who were detained by immigration officials, lost their jobs, and were left homeless as a result.

Panorama TV show inadvertently alerted the Home Office of potential cheating of the English Proficiency Test, by exposing how students cheated in the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC), by substituting a proxy to take the test for them, and it was a result of the programming that prompted the deportation orders. it is claimed that applicants had enlisted proxies to sit the test for them, and it was deemed through a system, that 33,725 cases were invalid, 22,694 test results were questionable, so by the end of 2016, the Home Office revoked the visas of 36,000 students. However, it was then found that the equipment was faulty, and that 20% of cases (i.e. 7,000 students) had been wrongfully accused of cheating and 21 students (out of 36,000) were convicted of fraud.

IN ADDITION: 11,800 cases of Caribbean Commonwealth Nationals have been removed or detained since 2002 83 have evidence that they were in the UK before 1973, which was the date the 1971 Immigration Act came into force, granting them British Citizenship, so had been unlawfully detained.

For a country that advocates ‘good character’ they are in breach of their own requirement.

The UK failed to disclose that there were illegal deportations, and then we are informed that there were 63 Jamaican deportees. It seems they only admit what they get found out about. 14 people have died as a result of the stress surrounding the whole process.

The Home Office do not factor people deported after being convicted of a crime in their deportee figures. Considering they claim the majority have been convicted of crimes, this means the deportation figures have been distorted!

The Home Office claim some were deported because they lost their right to remain - they had spent more than 2 years outside the country. The Home Office claim that it accounts for 74 out of the 83. Figures are incorrect if they are not including alleged criminals in their numbers - we do not have a clue how many they are deporting, or have deported.

31 were conveniently detained beforehand, so they became ripe for deportation. 81 Windrush citizens were detained but not deported – can you imagine what they must have been going through at their age group and the stress, wondering what is happening to their home, jobs, money, status while detained? It equals the biggest humiliation, tragedy, betrayal and injustice.

It is unreasonable, unfair, and prejudicial, for anyone to expect any of those detained wrongfully, to be able to obtain representation when they have been deprived of accessed to funds, and legal aid is not allowed for immigration cases since 2014 - there should be a fund set aside for them.

18 were deported because they could not demonstrate continuous residence in the UK, but who can?

I can’t and I was born here!!

Home Office received 6,507 enquiries from Windrush cases, so you know it’s probably double that!

3,585 Windrush citizens have been given documentation confirming their status (that doesn’t tell us what status was confirmed, or if status to remain was granted), 2,272 Windrushees are under ‘initial arrangement’ whatever that means and 1,465 fall under the government’s ‘formal Windrush scheme’, which tells me that probably out of 6,507, they are only accepting responsibility for 1,465!

The majority of applicants were Jamaicans, but also included Barbados, India, Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago.

Sajid Javid is dragging his feet over compensation. The government is quick to haul them into the detention centre and deport them, but slow to compensate those who suffered so much loss.

Windrush affectees have been told not to talk about the process under a ‘non-disclosure agreement’ according to the Independent, in return for promises of a fast track compensation!

The Government will still not give us a figure of how many have been deported wrongfully (or rightfully) or forced into voluntary removal (in possible collusion with Jamaican Government who refuse to give us figures)!

We cannot imagine how many people have been affected, and since they whisk them off in secrecy, who can tell?

So many British Citizens from Commonwealth countries have been left destitute, homeless, in debt and jobless because of the governments hostile environment policy and ineptitude of the police and border force staff.

They are talking about lessons learned, the only lessons they will learn is to be a bit more careful not to allow their discriminatory practice to leak out. I find it difficult to believe that they care about the outcome, but more concerned in not getting caught next time!

Looks like the UK have already separated from Northern Ireland and Scotland, because the police in England and Wales have been given the power to stop and search people without “reasonable suspicion” in an attempt to tackle knife crime, what we, in the 80s recognise as ‘the suss law’ and the main reason for the Brixton Riots.

Being the cynic I am, I can’t help wondering if that is what the government want – another riot, like the Brixton riots. What better way can they get rid of a load of darkies who they don’t want in their country?

They will have a legitimate reason to feel ‘threatened’ so they can shoot them or jail them.. either way, they can get rid of them.

Sajid Javid, has authorised the police to search anyone in an area if serious violence is anticipated, but the thing is, they are stopping innocent boys on the street, who are not making a fuss, who are not behaving in a violent manner, and they are handcuffing them, looking desperately for something to convict them for.

The suss law has always been misused, and it has always targeted blacks. It has never been used to stop and search white boys, and there is no evidence that it reduces crime.

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Javid said “The police are on the frontline in the battle against serious violence and it’s vital we give them the right tools to do their jobs” but since when have the government been concerned about black on black crime? Could it be a ploy to criminalise even further, more black youths so they can throw them in jail?

It’s a clever way to stop procreation, prevent relationships, prevent families – reinforce the negative image of black males, so they have a reason to persecute them.

Even though home office statistics state that 1 in 300 searches result in finding an offensive weapon, Javid claims that stop and search was a “hugely effective power when it comes to disrupting crime, taking weapons off our streets and keeping us safe”.

The sad thing is, the populace believes the hype. The claim on our children has started.

They know our weak spot and they are aiming for it – and when black men try to protect them, that is when they will have a reason to deal menacingly with them. It’s tragic times for our male children and our men.

The force has been increased by 3,000 additional officers who can authorise the Section 60 power.

Knife crime is on the increase, but I am not sure if this is the best way to handle it. Why not get to the root, i.e domestic violence, broken homes, neglect, bullying and fear.

It is alleged that during the last two years, there has been nearly 300 knife crimes.

Section 60 ‘suss law’ was authorised for Nottinghill Carnival; for Stratford Station an Kingsbury Station in NW9, last year (2018).

According to the Guardian, “in 2017-18, police in England and Wales carried out 2,501 stops and searches under section 60, up from 631 in the previous year”, and they are all disproportionately against blacks.

WILL ONLINE APPLICATIONS REPLACE LAWYERS?

The Home Office (known as the UK Visa & Citizens Application Service, for the purpose on online filing for your immigration visa), is now recommending that applicants file for their visa status, online. Very soon, paper based forms will be withdrawn and applicants will be forced to apply online, so what does this mean for immigration lawyers and those who are illiterate?

applicant cannot re-apply - sometimes for up to 10 years, so it is here the denaturalisation process is triggered, and applicants should not underestimate how deliberately complex the the procedure is.

A lawyer will go over the form for you and may observe inconsistencies or omissions. A lawyer may recommend that you print off a copy of the online form so you can refer to it when it comes to future applications, to maintain consistency.

Of course, some immigration lawyers are going to feel threatened by the process, but as the number of applications get denied because they are not as easy to complete as they look, more applicants will employ lawyers to help guarantee acceptance.

So how do you know if you need a lawyer, or whether you can complete the online application for a visa, yourself?

Online Visa Application are made attractive, because you can complete them in the comfort of your home, in your own time; applicants don’t have to worry about legibility; you can bring in whomever you wish to help you go over it - so why pay out thousands to a lawyer for a service you can technically do yourself?

The devil is in the detail... that is all I have got to say on the matter. Being a sceptic, my opinion is that the government may be relying on applicants wanting to save money, so that they bypass professional advice. This means that applications can be justifiably denied, refused or rejected if there is a mistake, and once refused, the

Firstly, it has nothing to do with how intelligent you are, or what degree you have (unless it is a degree in immigration), it is about being astute, vigilant, knowledgeable, informed, meticulous literate and possessing a critical eye.

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As of February 2019, the application fee for Indefinite Leave to remain (permanent resident) was £2,389; the application fee for a dependent is £3,250 and the fee for applying for naturalisation is £1,330. This figure is per applicant, and does not include the Immigration Health Surcharge fee of £1,000 (for

every extension per applicant), Biometric fee, processing fees and legal fees.

months payslips, along with six months bank statements that corroborate that the pay is going into your bank account.

My question is, if the government is getting all that money through immigration, shouldn’t immigration be a good thing? I can only assume that their beef is that they can only get that money through legal immigration, and that is why undocumented or illegal immigrants are thorns in their side.

I remember Trump kept saying “I welcome legal immigrants”, now I know why, because for every legal immigrant, they pay up front nearly £5,000, including legal fees, which is sustained through the Health Surcharge of £1,000 a year, at least in the UK.

You will need to be proficient to B1 standard in the Secure English Language Test (SELT) in Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), which is an international standard for describing language ability. There are YouTube Videos that can show you want to expect, but it is probably best to get a tutor or attend a course, if you feel you may be deficient in this area.

You will also need to pass the ‘Life in the UK’ test, which many indigenous British people have failed. You can buy the book from any stationery store, eBay or Amazon, and read up on it before you complete the form.

Charging high immigration fees alienates potential legal immigrants, and I have to wonder, if that is what it is meant to do.

What better way to screen wealthy immigrants, than by upping the immigration fees, so only a certain financial class can afford it.

You must be of good moral character (i.e. no criminal convictions or associations, police interrogation, deception, misrepresentation, inconsistences, fraud or omissions). You will need to own up to any speeding offences, hospital stays, default in payments.

Trump has been speaking to us, and we haven’t been listening. He has been saying “we don’t want poor or uneducated immigrants”, and this is the way Theresa May is making sure that we don’t get them.

You cannot have overstayed before you were granted your first lawful status in the UK.

THERE ARE SIX THINGS YOU NEED TO DO (AND KNOW) BEFORE ATTEMPTING THE ONLINE APPLICATION:

You must have continuously had your papers renewed (applications approved), without any problem.

You will need to meet the financial requirement to be eligible, which is to receive an income of £18,600 a year, increasing depending on the number of dependents.

The income which must be evidenced via six

Once you feel confident in the above three areas, you should know what visa you are applying for (please view my video on YouTube called ‘confused by Immigration Forms). This might seem obvious, but there are many categories of visa (FLR (O); FLR (M); FLR (S) FLR (CT) FLR (IR), etc, which cover parent applying for children, children applying for a dependent relative, spouse visa, and many more. You need to know that if you are applying for a spouse visa, both parties must be over 18 years of age; applicant must be settled or be a

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British citizen; must have met each other (not arranged online or other third party arrangement) be legally married by UK standards; you must be self-sufficient (i.e. have a verifiable income of at least £18,600 per annum (despite gaps in employment), which is approximately £360 per week; must intend to live together and must satisfy certain language require-

ments.

So it’s fine completing the online form yourself, but if you do not know what is required, you could become stuck half way through the process.

above, is going to cost you minimum £3,250 (plus other fees) if you want them to stay.

Students must prove they can fund themselves for the duration. The course provider (otherwise known as a Tier 4 Sponsor) will need to provide an unconditional offer of a place, evidenced by an acceptance for studies form. Students will need a valid passport; a recent photograph; proof of self-sufficiency, proof of private health insurance, proof of accommodation, and a lot more, so make sure you read the instructions carefully, before you complete the form, otherwise you could waste your money.

Once you are confident that you meet the eligibility criteria (check www.gov.uk) you can proceed with the online form), and seek the help of an attorney if in doubt.

Another hurdle could be finances. While family members of British Citizens (or settled persons) are eligible to visit or remain in the UK, there are stringent requirements, and each family member, as stated

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29k Nigerians to be deported WHY WERE 29,000 WERE EARMARKED FOR DEPORTATION TO NIGERIA? I came across an old news item about 29,000 people, the UK allegedly planned to deport to Nigeria.

The issue with the word ‘deport’ is that it is associated with ‘serious crime’ or ‘threat to security’ or not for the public good.

The Nigerian government quite rightly questions the crimes committed by the 29,000, and also questioned whether or not they were in fact indigenous Nigerians. The Nigerian government requested the UK to provide them with evidence of nationality, nature of the crime committed, how they entered the UK, and whether they had exhausted their legal/human rights.

The Nigerian government felt was unreasonable to deport 29,000 nationals (if that is what they were) and saw it as a national embarrassment that had adverse diplomatic implications.

I am not sure of the outcome, but it was rumoured that the original figure set for deportation was 2million, but that the official figure was 29k.

When I came across the news item, my first thought was ‘how did they know they were all Nigerians’, especially if it is assumed that the majority of the perpetrators were either undocumented or overstayers.

Jamaicans are constantly imitated... there was a time, when everyone claimed to be a Jamaican! They would wear the colours, speak Jamaican and ‘behave’ Jamaican.

In a society where the majority of blacks look alike and are judged and treated the same, how does immigration know who’s who, if no passport is available?

My issue with ‘overstayers’ is that they do not need to be deported, they can be removed, which does not carry with it the same stigma of deportation. The only reason I can think that they would want to deport, rather than remove is for sensationalism and they don’t want them to return before 10 years, if at all.

For the Home Office to be seen as acting lawfully, it needs to take a variety of situations into consideration, for example, how long have individuals been living in the UK, and what age were they when they arrived.

If they arrived before 1973, they, cannot be deported unless they have comitted a criminal offence that has led to imprisonment between 1-4 years, otherwise, they are classified as UK Citizens. However, a disclaimer in the passport, states that criminal activity can negate citizenship.

Visa application, example, those applying to enter the UK to study is currently £348 per person and for any dependents.

Apart from paying for the undergraduate course- currently at around £10,000; lecture based courses run around £38,000, (and could be more for a medical undergraduate degree) which does not include study material and books, they must also show income of a minimum of £18,600 a year, plus £3,400 for first child and just over £2,000 for each subsequent child, if applicable for mature students. In addition, there is an Immigration health surcharge that appears to range between £200 and £1,000 per year that goes towards the cost of the National Health Service, designed so that those coming in, do not to become a burden on the state.

Article 8 of the Immigration Rules, which has to do with human rights, asks the court to take into consideration the adverse impact of deportation on an individual’s family life.

Children are given relative priority when considering appeal claims against deportation.

Nigerians, in particular, have contributed to the socio-economic stability of the UK as international students, in particular, and often find that, not only are they being priced out of education abroad, but, depending on the course they have applied for, they are not being allowed to work, and I understand that some are required to return on a visitor’s visa for their graduation, which is an additional expense.

I am not sure whether the hostile environment policy has made it possible to find 29,000 ‘Nigerians’ to deport, especially when landlords are now required to check the legal status of tenants before renting property. I do suspect that this is the reason there have been a rise in scum landlords, exploiting those who are undocumented. These types if landlords are making home conditions so unbearable, that many undocumented are being forced into the street to avoid abuse, and into the open to be picked up by immigration officers.

The latest data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency in the UK (HESA) shows that 17,640 Nigerians enrolled to study at UK university during 2011/2012.

However according to the Office of National Statistics, there are approximately between 87,000 and 117,000 Nigerians living in the UK.

While there are those who breach their immigration status, there are more law abiding Nigerians in the UK.

According to www.icirnigeria.org at least 12 Nigerian medical doctors get registered in the UK every week, and that the number of Nigerian medical doctors practising in the UK as at April 2018, was 5,250, I couldn’t find out how many Nigerian Lawyers or other professionals live and work in the UK, but I was trying to determine how realistic deporting over one-third of the total of Nigerians in the country was.

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WILL YOUR CHILD COME HOME NOW THAT THE POLICE CAN TREAT CHILDREN LIKE ADULTS FOR CRIME INCIDENTS? A report by the government cited drug dealing and social media as key drivers, for the increase in youth violence, but that reason seems too superficial to me.

So why do young people carry knives?

Ask a young male (because it is a predominantly male activity) why he carries a knife and he will say “just in case”. If you follow that up with “.. but supposing you kill someone..” they will respond “well it’s them or me!” If you ask them if they are not worried about the consequences?

They’ll respond: I’s gotta protect what’s mine”.

Criminal activity involving knives, is mainly heightened around gangs, territory or the selling of drugs.

There are many young people who are not involved in gangs, drugs or criminal activities who carry a knife for self protection or self defence. In these cases, there is a good chance that they will never use that knife, or have no real premeditated intention of using that knife. However, there will be others who act out of paranoia or fear and who never set out to initially to use it, but end up doing so.

Now the courts will decide if your child is coming home, if he is caught with a bladed instrument.

The second form of protection is to actually use it, to suddenly reveal the knife with immediate effect for the sole purpose of inflicting just wounds but not death.

The way the media portrays knife incidents, is as though they are unprovoked, and anyone walking the street can be a victim of knife crime – but usually, there is a build up to it, something we ordinary folk will never get an insight to.

Young people are aware of the threat of danger that surrounds them; some get so tired of being 10 bullied that they carry a knife as the last resort. Everyone becomes the enemy, and when

teenagers smoke weed or alcohol, this heightens the paranoia that someone is out to get them.

Knife crime is currently at a record levels there were 40,147 offences in the 12 months ending in March 2018, a 16% increase on the previous year and the highest number since 2011, the earliest point for which comparable data is available. The number of fatal stabbings in England and Wales last year, reached the highest level since records began in 1946, official figures have shown, with 285 killings by a knife or sharp instrument in the 12 months ending March 2018.

When a young person carries a knife, it is usually to look tough, and to scare people off, but when they are challenged, they could be forced to ‘put their money where their mouth is’ and use it.

So what needs are not being met in these young people, who feel the need to carry knives?

Under the new plans, children aged 12 or over could be issued with a breach of the order, a criminal offence that could result in up to two years in detention. The Offensive Weapons Bill could bring prevention orders into force, allowing the police to impose punitive conditions on people’s everyday activities, based on conjecture.

It can be a number of reasons, i.e. breakdown in the family.

Parents have separated; mother has a new partner; stepfathers are uncaring, unsupportive or is overly strict.

Young person witnesses domestic violence; could feel neglected or abandoned. He may have low self-esteem, subject to peer pressure, bullying and as a result feels compelled to access a knife ‘just in case’.

“Far too many young people are able to buy knives on the high street and we need councils and retailers to work together to stop this.” Parents should be aware if a knife is missing and question children

Sometimes it is anger, frustration, lack of promise in a secure future, that forces young people to get into the wrong company, or get involved in get rich quick schemes (e.g. drug dealing

The knife crime prevention orders risks criminalising a generation of young people who have grown up unsupported and who often turn to carrying weapons out of fear.

Many young people’s needs are not being met; they feel vulnerable, insecure.

The government will seek to amend the offensive weapons bill to introduce the knife crime prevention orders. The Home Office also announced a £500,000 fund to help trading standards teams secure the prosecution of retailers who repeatedly sell knives to under18s. So if a young person gets caught with a knife, and he has a receipt, and he show where he bought the knife from, that shop keeper might as well close down.

It is so easy to access a knife. Any hardware shop or their parents’ kitchen.

The new Offensive Weapon Bill, and ASBO Crime & Policing Bill has been amended to allow for young people as young as 12 to be imprisoned for 2-4 years. There will also be restrictions on the time spent on social media, and when they are on the street, which is 11pm – 6am. Police can pick up young people who are on the street between that time, search them, and if they are found to be in possession of a bladed instrument, they could be detained in prison.

On 29 March 2019, Sajid Javid authorised Section 60 (Suss Law) to be put in place for one year, which means more victimisation for our young boys.

The Curb and Curfew proposal does not stop young people who get stabbed on their way to and from school. If someone wants to stab someone, they will stalk them until they find an opportune moment. Also, the rise of “county lines” drug gangs, which use teenagers as mules, is encouraging young people to possess knives.

Black, Asian and minority ethnic children and young people will be particularly affected by the amendment, which does not take into account the psychological and emotional problems the young people are experiencing.

£100million has been set aside to tackle youth violence and 3,000 police in partnership with Operation Nexus, will place young lives in jeopardy.

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Letters to the Editor Hello BB, Firstly , I want to seize this moment to thank you on behalf of other viewers for the good work you’re doing to enlighten people through your YouTube account.

The whole world is appreciating your efforts and indeed , you are making history with what you are doing ! Secondly and briefly too , I’m one of your YouTube fans and have watched so many video clips. I have been in the United Kingdom since 1994 to date. I have made several attempts to get myself regularised in the country through the Home Office structures but without success and hence, this email to you for possible help and information.

I have been in touch with organisations like praxis.org.uk etc but always too busy to render any form of help. I will appreciate if you could, kindly refer me to such relevant organisations for possible assistance please.

I look forward to hearing from you very soon.

Thank you and God bless.

Sincerely, A.L.

Response: It is very difficult to get regularised in the UK now, especially for those people who entered the UK after 1988. There does not seem to be any provisions for them, unless there are exceptional circumstances like family life, which means you could apply under an FLR (M), as a partner of a British Citizen, or settled in the UK, or as the dependent child of a British Citizen, especially if you can show continuous residence for 10 years. Other than that. The UK is trying to reduce net migration, and as such, are not regularising anyone they are not obliged to. Even those persons who they are obliged to regularise are finding themselves facing obstacles. This sounds like one for a n immigratin lawyer.

Hello Blackbrightnews, Well I have to say first things first, I have thoroughly welcomed the information your videos have given us Preston Windrush Generation, on Youtube. My name is GA, and I was asked to help and see what can be done regarding the Windrush Scheme I decided to contact you today on behalf regarding Ms SK, nearly 34 years old and in a situation whereby she has found out that even though born here in UK she cannot get a passport for her child. She lives in Preston with the father of children.

This lady is born here in the UK in 1985 (unmarried) has 4 children. Her eldest required a passport for school in July and on application for passport it was declined, based on: Nationality they said over the phone.

And we requested clarification by email and was sent the following;

Anybody born in the UK from the 01/01/1983 is not automatically British, a claim must be through one of the parents being a British citizen or settled in the UK. Before 01/07/2006, father must have been married to mother to pass on nationality to his child.

Neither yourself and grandmother can provide evidence to show you were settled in the UK prior to your childs birth.

SK’s mother we will call LK came to the UK in 1962 age 7yrs and is unmarried to SK dad. SK dad is RM and White British

born in UK 1951. SK applied in February for the passport and was declined Friday, 22 of March 2019. The passport office case worker stated on the phone the above bulleted points.

Further info: LK came to UK in 1962/3 – Granted a passport in 1976 when 21yrs old. (since lost and was told no records at Liverpool Passport Office) LK Father came to UK in 1957 – From St Vincent Part of the (British Commonwealth) LK Mother came in 1959 – From St Vincent.

After watching many of your videos last night I wanted to reach out to you to help clarify some things for you in layman’s terms. Which I found you do superbly on Youtube.

Would you come to Preston, Lancashire and clarify this not just for SK and their family but myself and many, many others.

We started a public group on Facebook and Twitter and we do not where this will go.

However we appreciate any help, any information and advice that we can use and benefit SK and her daughter especially as her school trip is in July 2019.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards For Windrush in Preston, Lancs.

Response: Dear Windrush Representative The government discriminates against women (sadly), so a mother born in the country, who would have been able to pass her citizenship to her child before 1983, cannot since the 1981 British Nationality Act. It is the father, who must be born in the UK, who can pass his citizenship onto his child through registration, which costs around £1,000, which is why many UK fathers did not register their children. Failing that, if he was to marry her, the child would become a British citizen from the date of the marriage. Is he willing to marry her?

After 1983, the British Nationality Act 1981, came into force and anyone born in the UK after 1983, is not automatically a citizen. In short – the immigration law discriminates against unmarried mothers. If they want to legitimatise the child, the father born in the UK, must marry the mother of the child. The information they have given you (bulleted below) is correct.

•Anybody born in the UK from the 01/01/1983 is not automatically British, a claim must be through one of the parents being a British citizen or settled in the UK. •Before 01/07/2006, father must have been married to mother to pass on nationality to his child.

•Neither yourself and grandmother can provide evidence to show you were settled in the UK prior to your child’s birth.

At least one parent has to be a British Citizen. As a general rule, an unmarried father cannot pass on British citizenship automatically in the case of a child who is born before 1 July 2006 – he will need to register the child at a cost of around £1,000, or marry the mother of his child.

LK should be able to get a replacement passport, unless they are being difficult. Can she evidence that she was in the UK since 1962/3??? Did she keep a copy of her passport number anywhere? Do her parents have any evidence of their arrival? Did they apply under the Windrush Scheme? If so, she should qualify for a replacement passport.

Thank you for your kind words. I am actually preparing for a Windrush Scheme video. I am not sure when the research will be completed, but look out for it, and please do tell your colleagues to join you in subscribing.

Regrettably, I am unable to come to Preston. I work full time, and have my fingers in too many pies. My contribution on YouTube is the best help I can offer at this time. I hope it suffices.

Please note, that while I do offer YouTube advice for free, I do request a nominal fee of £25 donation by PayPal for additional advice. I am not charging you for the above advice, but should you or your colleagues require advice in the future, this would be the case.

Kind Regards, Blackbright

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Letters to the Editor, cont....

I have seen your video on the dichotomy about permanent status and indefinite leave to remain, and a naturalized citizen.

So, I am just going to start this from the point of the UK breaking up after BREXIT which is a very real possibility now which is termed Balkanisation.

Why would the UK Break-up? the tensions within the current structure are so great and the individual nations are now beginning to assert their own individuality, economic independence and cultural specificity. An example of why this is happening now is very easy to see, if we start with Scotland that joined the Union so that is Great Britain in 1707 to enjoy the economic benefits of the Kingdom of England’s expanding Colonial booty, Scotland having failed to establish its own colonial empire.

Scotland gained immensely from colonial pillage, and most of Scotland was made wealth and economically vibrant on the back of slavery and colonialism. You see center’s like Glasgow and Edinburgh emerge as important economic and cultural centers in the union as monies were pumped back from empire into these areas, and it is this that held and strengthened the bonds of union. It is in this period so the eighteenth and nineteenth century you see Scotland come into its own with great names such as Adam Smith (Capitalism), Hume, Carlyle, Reid, Mill (All imminent philosophers who have a bearing on the enlightenment and 20th/21st century).

So skipping the in-between I shall come back to this for you another time, and bringing us into the seventies, as Britain’s star and Empire declined, we see a Scotland that is beginning to agitate and a Northern Ireland that is on fire, both wanting freedom and independence, due to their declining economic circumstance and relevance in the Union. However, Scotland became really vocal with the huge discoveries in the North Sea, they saw this as their passport to independence and did not believe in sharing it with the rest of the UK. At the same time you see the rise of the Scottish National Party, slowly at first but nearing the end of the 20th century it has gained a strong tailwind from the people of Scotland.

All of the above not withstanding the regions wanted devolution, but Thatcher saw past this to where it may eventually lead and refused. However, with Blair, with the pressure mounting and the support he got from the Scots in gaining the premiership there was no way out and Scotland got a devolved government, along with all the other countries that go to make the United Kingdom. Ireland’s was unique in the sense that it ushered in the Good Friday agreement which brought peace to a raging 100+ year war or should I say insurgency - so that is how the parliament in Stormont was achieved and brought the IRA and other factions to the peace table.

As you can see the drive for Scottish independence has not abated as year after year they have asked for a referendum and the clamor has only become louder culminating in the referendum we say in 2014 for Independence. It was a tight run thing and the Union only prevailed on a margin, and out of fear that coming out of the UK would mean that Scotland would not gain immediate access to a wider union with the EU, which would have been catastrophic. The EU meant to frame it this way to Scotland telling them this would be the consequence if they won the referendum hence the people of Scotland backing down slightly the a narrow margin win for the Union - United Kingdom!

This last point is very important in fact overtly important as it plays its hand time and again in the contemporary! So why did the EU back the UK? Because it was facing internal pressure of its own in areas such a Spain with Catalonia and in regions of Hungary. If it had acceded to Scotland its hand would have become much weaker in these more volatile places in the heart of the European Union that could lead to war. However, little did the EU or anyone suspect that in 2016 the UK or most specifically England would vote for a break from the EU, BREXIT.

So now that we have the background to this we are in the contemporary. We have a BREXIT break vote with the EU by the UK. We have a resurgent Scotland that is now sure its aim to secede from the United Kingdom will succeed. And this time it will be supported by the EU, initially not overtly but covertly. Why? If the UK leaves it is one more mechanism to weaken an adversary that doesn’t have its best interest at heart. From Scotland’s point of view its Economic and political future will be secure, much more secure than in the UK, and most of all it can punch with equal measure on the world stage as a member of the EU. Turning back to the EU, an important next step for it is political and military union. A step that the UK has fought against vociferously in the past. Its initial approach to this while the UK was still in the union was to talk the UK round slowly and reassuringly, but with the UK now deciding to leave, its stance and its freedom to act has been reassured hence I do believe that powerful sectors in the EU would want the UK to just f@@k-off so that they can get on with building the greatest super state / power the world has ever seen and it will be just that, it will eclipse the united states and may be on the same level or more powerful than China, the future in this regard remains unwritten. [ I can expand more here in future there is so much going on in front of peoples eyes in this regards but the little people don’t understand what this is!]

So we have the first pillar down Scotland will leave the UK if the UK leaves the EU. The next pillar which is now a political hot potato is the Irish Backstop! What is this? Both sides of Ireland do not want a hard border between the two sections of Ireland.

And rightly so, but Southern Ireland or the Irish Republic is a part of the EU, and the EU demands a border for its Union which is normal, or at least a secure border. The UK is guaranteeing this through electronic policing of the border however both sides agree this will not be enough in fact what it would mean is that the law of Sovereignty of the EU and the UK will be permeable, it will be uncontrollable without a hard border. And bearing in mind the recent history of the troubles you will have weapons and insurgents running back and forth across that border necessitating a hard border. If this happens the Irish on both sides will be up in arms and will say enough of the UK we want to be in the EU with the rest of Ireland, it is an impossible situation.

So here you have the next pillar down, a Northern Ireland buoyed by the fact that Scotland is seceding or about to secede doing the same and leaving the UK.

Now both these pillars I have discussed above and the timeline assume a normal political process without strife. But the way things are stacking up this may not be the case and all of this can be put on steroids and come very very quickly all at once, how would that happen?

You have a discontent polity of BREXIT voters especially in the Country of England and Wales who have just been destroyed by deindustrialisation and greed of the elite, in fact their vote was not so much a reaction against the EU but a reaction against a rapacious English elite who they despise who have made their lives hell and made the decision that has brought their lives to the place it is at the moment - worthless jobs, debt, broken NHS, runaway costs for the education the one surety of social mobility, a declining or collapsed status in the world etc.

The elite has sought to blame this on immigration or immigrants and it has worked to an extent, but it is a weak and tenuous link, nevertheless it has some traction.

Where the problem becomes insurmountable is that the Elite know that to BREXIT will be like pushing the doomsday button for the UK, they are not stupid, they know that for the UK to leave the EU its future is over, it has no industry, the EU is taking away its passporting for finance the one thing the UK has kept itself afloat with for the past thirty years, along with the fact that what ever industry is left in UK it is 40%+ reliant on the EU for its business, the future as they say is completely bleak. So how to change the vote so the UK does not leave the EU? Well you are going through that process at the moment, I wont waste your time expanding on this, but they will try their very best to change this. And, I think (my opinion) they will nearly succeed, what could develop on the streets of England is a Civil backlash from the discontent 17 million voters who decided they want to leave the EU, which was 6% high in England and Wales than the remain voters.

Admittedly most now know they were lied to, however, it is no longer about the EU, it is about the ruling elite! The UK Government at the moment has 50,000 troops about half the size of the UK armed forces - that is the army on stand by and drafted for BREXIT contingency - NO DEAL or any alternative that emerges. They suspect there will be trouble and there most likely will be. However, where this spirals out of control is when those troops try to quell the civil disturbances and people start getting killed, at this point you are on the first step to a civil war. From this, all the pillars above come tumbling down very quickly!

So how does that affect immigrants and minority groups that call the UK home?

Those with ILR will become stateless immediately and will be asked in a peace settlement or reconfiguration of the UK to return to their original homes of abode. This will become easy to do and enforce because the UK that gave these people ILR will no longer exist anymore and it will most likely be a new country of England and Wales, who would most likely wish to shift the burden of having these people or even use them as part of a political concession settlement. The same condition applies for permanent residents, but the EU is most likely to broker how this looks, but when they themselves - this is the people this effects sees the resulting state of the UK I doubt many of them would want to remain!

And here we move on to the next group, those with naturalized citizenship, as above they will be able to revoke this very easily under the terms of existing international law especially as they will not be born in any of the countries of the present union and their citizenship is predicated on an entity that no longer exists - the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

And we are now at the final group, you and me, those who are of mixed blood or born in one of the countries of the UK even by foreign parents. For us where you are born will now become your country of origin and you will assume citizenship of this new region or state. If you were born in Scotland I expect you may be asked to leave for Scotland. Born in London and you will be part of the new state of England and Wales and so on and so forth. We have very little to worry about but it will not be plain sailing as racism will surge to never heard of levels etc. We live right in the middle of important history and very difficult times!

Anyway, these are the challenges all mapped out for you, I do have explicit academic and government references if you need

and want them but I thought I would shy away from this so that it does not complicate the narrative.

Hope this is what you were after? If you have any questions then fire away and look forward to seeing a future program on this, my very best and keep up the good work you, Kind Regards

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Response: Hi Alex, Thank you for such a comprehensive piece. I have completed the video – I hope it answers to your piece .

Kind regards, Blackbright

Hi Blackbright:

Lovely seeing your videos they are very insightful. Can you do a video on grandchildren of the Windrush who were not born in the UK? And please add your thoughts / advice on how you think Brexit would affect people from Trinidad/ other Caribbean countries who are living in the UK with leave to remain.

When the Windrush scandal broke, the prime minister’s apology to the common wealth leaders made it sound as though the Windrush generation and their families (regardless of where they were born, and what time they entered into the UK) were entitled to stay here. She said that in the link below, that those who came later are entitled to stay in the UK.

UK Prime Minister apologises over Windrush deportation scandal - 5 News

If the UK has so many ties with our countries and value the contributions our parents and grand parents made to this country, shouldn’t the UK government be treating those commonwealth citizens from the Caribbean who reside here a lot better than how they currently are now?

Take me for example, I haven’t been working since November last year, about 1 month ago I managed to get my old job back at the airport (part time at 20 hours per week). However I am a certified business analyst and since my last contract ended in November I have been actively looking for work in that area as well as all others.

During this time, (not that I would have wanted to be on job seekers allowance) I have no recourse to public funds, so this whole time since I’ve been unemployed I have had no support from the government (which I am not asking for), my bills are backed up.

Not only are non - EU nationals subject to all the usual things EU and British citizens are subject to such as, financial issues, difficulties finding work (not to mention well paying jobs), we have the added pressure of finding money to remain lawful in the country, which finding the money to pay these fees when your not employed can be difficult.

As for me, I spent all of my adult life working in the UK and paying taxes and national insurance and paying into my pension.

Ever since I was old enough to work I’ve been working. My first job was a paper round, and then when I was old enough my first ‘proper’ job after I left college paid me over £300 weekly for almost 2 years. The only time I have been out of work was due to me having to renew my stay to be legal in the UK. Thankfully now employers can do an employee check on the .gov website (if they don’t mind going through the hassle) to confirm a person’s right to work while their on going application is

being decided with the home office.

Having made an okay-ish contribution to the UK for over 10 years, I wouldn’t want to see all my efforts, hard work and money go down the drain and go back to live in Trinidad without having first stabilised myself.

Mean while EU nationals including British citizens rightfully have help and support, less harsher immigration rules and fees to help them live and work legally in the UK. When a EU national has fallen on hard times and need some extra money to keep their heads above water just until they can stabilise themselves a bit (providing they wish to do so and not stay on benefits), they can access this. The same service to which non EU nationals are paying into and can’t access.

A non EU citizen or someone like me born in Trinidad or another small island country who was raised in the UK, cannot access public funds without first having paid for it i.e NHS surcharge, we cant apply for certain jobs because we do not have a British passport (I’ts understandable if you’re not shortlisted because you don’t live in the county or you’re not able to apply because the job requires you to travel i.e cabin crew or you simply do not qualify, but when you are living in the country, and have all the experience and qualifications and there’s no travel involved and the head hunter/ recruiter says they are not able to progress further because you are not a British citizen it becomes quite frustrating to say the least)

When you look at the very same process in reverse, for example if a British citizen wants to go live and work in Trinidad (I’m sure they can get away with this in other Caribbean countries as well) - you can find all the information you need on the .gov website. You will see that once the person has their British passport they can pretty much do anything (as long as it falls within the law). This to me just screams racism and inequality!

All UK citizens have the usual understandable and perfectly reasonable bills to pay and rules to obey, the only big difference is non EU nationals have some extra hurdles to jump through on top of all that without any support. How can the UK government who claims to have such “long standing deep ties with our countries” be so nonchalant about this situation which law abiding commonwealth citizens must adhere to live lawfully in the country?

At the moment the UK’s answer to that seems to be if you don’t like it pack up and leave, regardless of if you’ve spent the last 17 years year here (in many cases much more) and regardless if your father was part of the Windrush. Well keep your taxes and the rest of your contributions - and, you may get your pension.

I say that it seems to be that way because of how long it has and is still currently taking the home office to make a decision for our case which we applied for way back in May of 2018. Up to today, I received a third letter in the post from the home office saying my case is still under consideration.

If it turns out that we do not qualify for the Windrush scheme surly there must be some other way after being in the country legally (as a result of coming to be with my mother who was here to support her father who is from the Windrush generation), not breaking any laws or over staying, paying to extend our visas, surely this time around the home office can try and be of some assistance and help people like me as I am very sure that I am not the only grandchild who was not born in the UK, who has been living lawfully in the UK for over the past 10 years, who is related to someone who was a part of the Windrush generation.

Apologies again, for the length of this email but I just had to express how terrible this whole ordeal actually is, its like a bad dream and your just waiting to wake up. Next steps for me would be to try and muster up the mental strength and maybe get a petition going of some sort, because clearly there is a huge gap in the market! Thanks so much for taking the time to read this email - if you managed to get to the end of it! :D Best wishes, JAC

Response: On Monday, 25 March 2019, 19:48:28 GMT, blackbrightnews@gmail.com wrote: Hi JAC, I am just reading the Sixth Report of the House of Commons on ‘The Windrush Generation’ and it states: “... it is not just the people who arrived before 1973 who have been affected. Children and grandchildren of the Windrush generation BORN in the UK, and Commonwealth citizens who joined family in the UK BETWEEN 1973 and 1988, and who have REMAINED IN THE UK since, have faced similar difficulties.... I have uploaded a video that I hope answers your questions.

Kind regards, Blackbright.

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Would you please be able to do a video on the “new service” for applying for UK Visa and Citizenship Application Services (UKVCAS)?

They are in a partnership with Sopra Steria and the information they have is written out very poorly (it’s not easy to read. The more you read the details about the different prices the writing gets smaller and closer together some without spaces...) And the different prices for services are interesting.

It would be great if you could do a video on applying to settle in the UK using that process.

Lastly, I am also a Windrush applicant on the basis of my mother who is applying on the basis of her father who came here in 1960. We applied in May of last year and we have gotten about 4 letters confirming that our case is still under consideration.

My mother came to the UK 17 years ago to be with her dad who she cared for before he died. The next year she sent for her 2 kids (myself and my brother). we’ve been living in the UK ever since and still wondering what is going on....

It would be really nice to hear your thoughts on this, however don’t worry if not because I realise it is a lot of information!

Many thanks in advance for reading my message. Best wishes, JL

Response: I sent you the video I uploaded a couple of months ago about the UK Visa & Citizenship Online Application Services - I hope you find it helpful

Incidentally, did your father start filing for your mother before he died? I understand that the Windrush generation were being considered eligible for regularisation, and many of them are still waiting! A little over 200 were regularised, out of thousands of applicants; some have been awarded leave to remain, which they are having to renew every 2.5 years for £4,000 - £5,000 depending on the size of the family, I’m told. In a nutshell, only those who were in the UK before 1973, and direct family members born, (or who came to the UK) prior to 1988, are eligible.

When your mother came in 2002, did she come on the invitation of your father, was he her sponsor, or did she come over as a carer to look after him? What reason did she give the Home Office for coming to the UK, and how long was her visa granted for? More importantly, is her visa still valid? The problem she may have is that they are not allowing a change of status from that on the original application. If she came over as a carer, then that is the basis upon which they will consider her claim, because that was the reason her visa was granted. You mentioned she also came over as a student, and if she came over on a Tier 4 student visa, the same applies, and they would expect that after the course has been completed, that she returns to Trinidad.

With regard to you and your brother - did you both come with your mother, or did you come afterwards? I am not sure what your position is, since you both come over before your mother got her citizenship. What should have happened is she should have received her settled status through her father, and then she could have filed for you and your brother as her dependent children. But it appears from your email, that she came over, has not got settled status yet, so she is not in a position to apply for you and your brother, because basis upon which she stated in her visa, has expired. Your mother will need to talk to an immigration attorney. Kind Regards.

18:50 9/4/2019 (2 hrs ago) Dear Blackbright, It’s a pleasure. You’re doing a very good job. Thank YAH a.k.a ELOHIM Almighty that there’s a News Channel like yours to encourage people out there who are various dilemma particularly as immigrants/foreigners/foreign nationals.

It’s hard to say which one is our favourite, I’m sorry as there are so many we’ve watched... I don’t even remember the very first video I watched. We’ve been going through immigration trouble for so many years. The main issue they have been bringing up and using against us is our history. Now that one of is sorted, we rejoice greatly.

I must say that you have really enlightened us on so much in relation to how applications are dealt with, the new laws, fees, etc. Just watched the new video on Section 60 regarding :stop and search” without explanation. That’s very useful to know.

I hadn’t heard about it until I saw your video today. That’s very scary. We need to be prayerful as we’re in very dangerous times in which satanism and satanic agendas are on the increase. I mean how can they just revoke someone’s British passport just because they feel like it and at the airport? That’s evil/wickedness/ demonic activity of the highest quality! As the Holy of YAH’S Almighty wind Ministry says, there has certainly been a change of guards spiritually/in the spiritual sense! It means we have to be much more prayerful than ever before so we’re covered/protected by YAH (a.k.a GOD) Almighty

WHAT DOES CARIBBEAN’S INDEPENDENCE, WINDRUSH AND BREXIT HAVE IN COMMON? I am writing this piece, because someone asked me if, as a grandchild of the Windrush Generation, would she get her Indefinite Leave to Remain approved? It led me to reading the 6th Report of the House of Commons on the Windrush Generation, listening to Theresa May’s apologies to the Caribbean Leaders in the House, reflecting on the immigration rules and how and why they changed so often, and then in a weird way, it reminded me of the potential impact of Brexit and those not born in the UK before 1983.

Windrush Generation (so called after MV Windrush ship that brought many over), helped build the UK after WWII, and this was the generation that came to the UK between 1948 and 1973, and where concession was made for their immediate family members up until 1988.

They were welcomed off the ship, but not welcomed in the country. “How dare these niggers invade a white land?” was the general train of thought. People like my mother were insulted, abused and attacked if not verbally, then physically, but many of our parents soldiered on because they knew the importance of success and pride – and for them, success was relative. Success was getting out of a room shared by 4-8 people, to owning their own place and not having a mortgage. They worked hard and hoped their legacy would make a place for their younger generations, but sadly, many of their young generation’s lives have been destroyed through unemployment, poverty and discrimination. In particular, black youths, have been victims of racial profiling, lack of opportunities, abuse of power, resulting in frustration, anger, retaliation, rebellion and crime.

A lot of the immigration policies and legislation are drafted so they disadvantage ‘foreigners’. So when ‘foreigners’ do not play by the rules, those who are employed to make sure that rules are followed, behave in dastardly ways, and rules are then amended accordingly to ‘get them out’.

Before 1973, Commonwealth Citizens were allowed to bring their families into the UK, which, ironically, is the same year that Denmark, Ireland and Britain joined the EU, to avoid economic decline.

So here lies the parallel - the Windrush were brought in between 1948 – 1973, to build up the country, and UK joins the EU in 1973, to avoid economic decline.

Jamaica was the first commonwealth country to gain independence in 1962, which is probably why the British Government wants to teach them a lesson, because the Jamaicans set the trend for other Caribbean islands to follow suit in the 1960s. Severing ties from the UK, meant Caribbean islands had no loyalties, so that is probably why, once the Windrush generation had done their job, the UK decided, we have no use for the Commonwealth Citizens anymore, we don’t need to accommodate them, so they and their tribes can leave the country.

So in came the 1981 British Nationality Act, which came in force in 1983. While the British Nationality Act 1948, made provision for the Windrush Generation and family members, the BNA 1981, that came into force in 1983, stated that only those born in the UK before 1983, would be British Citizens – but it wasn’t widespread news, so nobody knew about the change. People continued to bring over

their families, and have children, believing the same rules applied to them, as did their parents and grandparents, only to find out, that through a series of amendments, culminating into the Hostile Environment Policy in 2016, the rules had changed and no-one was told!

Relying on the fact that ‘foreigners’ were unlikely to be clued up on immigration, and therefore not know the change in the rules, policy makers knew they would have a legitimate reason to get rid of them for being non-compliant, and those who did not take time to update themselves on the immigration rules, only had themselves to blame. We have all heard the phrase “if you want to hide something from a ‘n%$&*r, put it in a book”.

The independence of the Caribbean islands, is probably the reason why the UK ceased to have allegiance with the black commonwealth countries, you can’t blame them for avenging disloyalty, but they can be blamed for not notifying the affected, via the news or the media the changes in legislation.

It’s almost like they are thinking “why should we extend our hospitality to people who have estranged themselves from us” - but then, isn’t that what the UK is doing now with the European Union (EU)?

The Windrush Generation, although unwelcome, were useful to build the country, but then needed to be got rid of, once the job was done. Their attitude to the EU is the same. Britain’s elite needed the EU when they were going through an economic decline, and now they feel strong enough, they want to push them aside. Personally, I don’t know why they feel strong when they have so much debt, their industry is 40% reliant on the EU for most of their business and can only offer low paying jobs, and then have the audacity to blame it on immigration! Their finger-pointing will work, because many of those who concoct these fallacies, are manipulative racists, so rather than say they have messed up, by selling of 50% of their industries, resulting in the loss of millions of jobs, they feed the masses with untruths about the immigrants taking their jobs, and are responsible for crimes and murders. “Blame it on the foreigners, and let them fight it out amongst themselves” while they stay out of the country, keeping their money in Swiss banks, until everything is over. The Government have allowed everything to spiral out of control deliberately, so they can blame their failures on foreigners.

Have you noticed how often the word ‘foreign’ is cropping up? It is the common narrative now! They are subliminally fuelling hatred and resentment.

It’s not the Windrush Generation’s fault that they came over here legally as British Citizens, and decided to raise their families here. The invitees never bargained on the Windrush generation staying.

They never bargained on them having children and building generations of Brits; so boarding passes went missing, young blacks were indoctrinated to kill each other, because life is not worth living, or were otherwise, criminalised, jailed and subjugated, while foreigners were secretively deported (where possible).

The EU was set up to end the wars between neighbours, which culminated in World War II. Could be that the British Government want to extract themselves from the EU, to start a WWIII? With the reintroduction of the Suss Law, which started the Brixton Riots in 1981, what better way to get rid of another aspect of history - because all the story-tellers and history books will be destroyed and they can then rebuild a new world on more lies to feed subsequent generations.

The UK has broken their loyalty with the EU, so the EU is saying “stuff you”. England may have, once again, bitten the hand that feeds them and, maybe, as in the past, when they re-write history in a way that shows them in a better light, they may call on a ‘new immigrant generation’ who is ignorant of their history, as we were, to bail them out. They may then look for a the equivalent of another EU to join to help bail them out, who knows. Will they be successful? Only Karma will tell.

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I have heard nightmare stories about people who have returned to Jamaica, and are homeless, treated liked criminals and abused.

People in the Caribbean, must know that not all those who have been deported, are criminals. Some were on their way home from work, got stopped by police for an on the spot check. The police phoned through to Command Unit at the Home Office, ascertained that the person was an overstayer; he is taken straight to the police hub, where an immigration officer is waiting, and he never sees his family again. His partner and children do not know where he is and maybe only when they report him missing, after 48 hours, they are notified where he is.

With this background, I am sharing the ‘Returning Residents Guide to Safety.

Returning Residents to Safety

This is for #Returnees to #Jamaica; #Commonwealth Citizens who have been wrongfully #deported but have decided to stay, and for those who have self-deported. As you may not have access to this information, I have extracted the following from the ‘Returning Residents Safety Booklet’, which you may find useful.

TIPS FOR RETURNEES TO #JAMAICA 1. Upon returning to Jamaica ensure that the vehicle transporting you from the airport is covered so as not to have luggage in plain sight.

2. Anyone being considered for employment at your home must be cleared via a thorough background check.

3. Let someone know where you will be and the time you plan to return at all times.

4. Always ensure that only registered cab companies, tour opera-tors and appropriate route taxis are utilised for transportation.

5. Try to always be familiar with your surroundings.

6. Keep valuables out of sight and secured.

7. Make sure you have enough fuel in case there is an emergency and you need to divert from your usual route.

8. In the event that you feel threatened while driving, stay calm and do not react aggressively. In-stead, drive to a busy, safe place or the nearest police station.

9. Avoid passing close to stationery cars with their engines running and people in them.

GENERAL SAFETY TIPS 1. Install security systems and safety lights that are triggered by move-ment.

2. Secure windows and doors with deadlocks and do not leave keys where they can be seen from outside.

3. Do not leave spare keys in mail-boxes and other places; it is more responsible to leave them with a neighbour you trust.

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4. Do not attach your name or address to keys. Cut down hedges close to your home.

5. Watch out for persons acting suspiciously in your community.

6. Close all windows and doors when you leave your home.

7. If you are going away for the holiday try not to tell too many people.

8. Do not put out boxes that display recent purchases such as televisions and DVD players.

9. If you feel there is an intruder in your home try not to investigate by yourself, but instead make an alarm for help or call the Police.

If you must use an ATM, choose one that is located inside a mall, or in a well-lit location. Withdraw only the amount of cash you need.

2. Be aware of your surroundings and the people around you.

3. If there is anything unusual about the cash machine discontinue the transaction and report your suspicions to the bank.

4. Do not enter ATMs with strangers.

5. Protect your PIN by shielding the ATM keypad from anyone who is standing near you. If you are at an ATM machine cover the pin with one hand while the other is used to press the keys.

6. Do not throw your ATM receipt away at the ATM location.

7. Keep your ATM card in a safe place and protect it just like you would cash, credit cards or cheques. Do not leave it around where others can see your card, whether at home or at work. If your card is missing or stolen notify your bank immediately.

8. Never give any information about your ATM card or PIN over the telephone.

ATM SAFETY 1. When shopping do not walk around with large sums of cash, try to shop as (cashless) as possible. Use ATM Cards where possible, as this make shoppers less vulnerable.

2. Keep all information concerning financial transactions strictly confidential – don’t discuss in the open.

Jamaica Association for the Resettlement of Returning Residents President: Mr. Percival LaTouche Address: 3 Cargill Avenue, Kingston 10 Telephone: 876-754-3790/ 925-7277 Cellular: 876-352-2509 Email: info@ja-arr.com/ latouche.percival@gmail.com Website: www.ja-rr.com National Association of Returned Citizens President: Mrs. Gertrude Thelwell Address: Santa Cruz P.O., St. Elizabeth Telephone: 876-966-2304/877-3225 Email: nbthelwell@yahoo.com International Returning Resident Association of Jamaica President: Mrs. Marylyn Tapper Address: 47E Old Hope Road, Kingston 5 Telephone: 876-314-1729 Email: marylyn.tapper@hotmail.com Press, Policy and Public Relations: Ms. Sharon Davis Email: admin@jamaicareturningresidents.com Website: www.jamaicareturningresidents.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/IRRAofJA British Jamaican Association President: Mrs. Jennifer Coleen Speid Telephone: Jamaican: 876-343-8991 British: +44 793-291-0919 Email: Jennifer@symposiumevents.net

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