Windrush child given indefinite leave to remain – BBC Newsnight

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Channel: BBC Politics · 2018 · News & Politics

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BBC Newsnight has been following the story of Sonia Williams, one of the Windrush generation, who came to the UK from Barbados in 1975.  
43 years on, the Home Office granted her indefinite leave to remain.

The Home Office has now granted her indefinite leave to remain.

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