London, UK. 20th April 2018. Michael Groce, the son of Cherry Groce whose shooting by police during a raid on her home left her paralysed from the waist down and set off the 1985 Brixton riot ,speaks at the rally in Windrush Square, Brixton showing respect and support for migrants long settled here who have been told they cannot stay in Britain because they cannot prove they have the right to remain. Immigration is the only part of the British judicial system in which those under investigation are required to prove their stories are true rather than the authorities having to prove them false.
London, UK. 20th April 2018. Michael Groce, the son of Cherry Groce whose shooting by police during a raid on her home left her paralysed from the waist down and set off the 1985 Brixton riot ,speaks at the rally in Windrush Square, Brixton showing respect and support for migrants long settled here who have been told they cannot stay in Britain because they cannot prove they have the right to remain. Immigration is the only part of the British judicial system in which those under investigation are required to prove their stories are true rather than the authorities having to prove them false. Some have already been forced out of the country, others denied permission to return after going abroad to visit families and friends, locked up in immigration detention, lost jobs and homes, been refused urgent medical treatment, lost driving licences and had bank accounts closed. The children of the Windrush generation are part of a much wider group of victims of the 'hostile environment' brought in by Theresa May's 2014 Immigration Act which introduced draconian and discriminatory provisions and changed the legal immigration landscape. Speakers, included a number of local Brixton community workers, activists and councillors and Diane Abbott MP, one of 8 Labour MPs who voted against the 2014 Act pointing out it would cause the kind of problems which have now come to public notice. Speakers also condemned the destruction of vital historical documents including landing cards from the Empire Windrush and other vessels which would have been an important resource not just to prove the right of some to live here, but also as a part of the Black Cultural Archives in front of which the protest took place. Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News
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