22/06/2026
Windrush Day is a moment to honour the arrival and legacy of the Windrush Generation, but also to reflect on what has changed, and what hasn’t.
The Windrush scandal exposed the harm caused by the UK’s hostile environment policies, where access to housing, healthcare, work, and basic security can be restricted through immigration systems. Those structures still exist today, and in many ways have become more restrictive.
Ideas of who is “deserving” of belonging continue to shape immigration policy, often tied to race, class, and history. The impact is still being felt by Windrush families, as well as by many people navigating the system today.
Alongside this, there is a long history of resistance. Black communities in the UK have consistently organised, challenged injustice, and demanded recognition and rights, refusing exclusion.
Windrush is not only history. It is ongoing. And so is the demand for justice, dignity, and change. Solidarity means seeing those connections, and acting on them.
We continue to call on the Government to fund free independent legal support for all Windrush victims and their impacted family members. - Sign this petition:
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/honour-
