Quote Originally Posted by IUFG View Post
undeniably, p.

To suggest that these people should be deported is ridicules. I suggest the fúck up was not destroying papers 60 years later but not giving the families passports / leave to remain back in the day.

*EDIT* It appears Labour were in power when they arrived in the UK
As I recall my history, the idea was never that they would stay for the rest of their lives. We thought we could bring them in as - effectively - gastarbeiter and then send them home when we were back on our feet. The notion that they would come here, raise families and put down roots never seems to have occurred.