My Name is Windrush

I arrived in Britain between 1948 and 1971 from the Caribbean territory

I have toiled here for decades to help rebuild your post-war country Yet I was wrongly detained, denied legal representation Threatened with deportation My name is Windrush

You changed your immigration policy

To suit your conservative party Amber Rudd you changed the rule to stop overstaying

You changed my status overnight despite me paying taxes and working

My name is Windrush

I was evicted from my home Yet, you are in your “Home” office

I needed NHS medical treatment Instead there was only bewilderment

My name is Windrush Amber Rudd you treated me with disdain You caused me so much discomfort and pain Caribbean representatives had called for a meeting

But instead you decided it was not happening

My name is Windrush

I was treated unfairly Rudd, you needed to take responsibility

For causing this debacle That made my life a harrowing spectacle

My name is Windrush

I protested and I put up a real fight For Theresa May to make a U-turn and get it right

I am glad that there is no “Amber” light

I have now gotten the Green light to my British right My name is Windrush

I look forward to my compensation I am from that generation My name is Windrush

The ‘SS Empire Windrush’.