
THE NEED TO TRANSFORM THE IMMIGRATION MINDSET
by Kenan Malik
This essay, on the fundamental problem with the way British officials view immigration, was my Observer column this week. It was published on 28 June 2020, under the headline ‘That Clayton Barnes is still not a citizen shows the ongoing cruelty of ‘hostile environment’. Clayton Barnes came to Britain from Jamaica in 1959. He spent a lifetime in this country, working, paying taxes, raising a family. He was in his mind British, as he was in the eyes of his family, his […]
Categories: Britain, Race & Immigration • Tags: british politics, clayton barnes, colin yeo, hostile environment, immigration policy, priti patel, windrush scandal