Chased into 'self-deportation': the most disturbing Windrush case so far

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'The scale of the misery was devastating': the inside story of reporting the Windrush scandal

In the summer of 2013, the government launched the peculiarly named Operation Vaken, an initiative that saw vans drive around six London boroughs, carrying billboards that warned: “In the UK illegally? Go home or face arrest.” The billboards were decorated with pictures of handcuffs and the number of recent immigration arrests . A line at the bottom adopted a softer tone: “We can help you to return home voluntarily without fear of arrest or detention.

 

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