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Home Office forced to release critical report on origins of Windrush scandal

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Home Office suppressed report on origins of Windrush scandal by tribunal judge.

Report states that roots of scandal lay in 30 years of racist immigration legislation.

52 -page analysis by a Home Office- commissioned historian described how the British empire depended on racist ideology in order to function’ The report will be published on government website on Thursday .

The Home Office commissioned report, The Historical Roots of the Windrush Scandal ’, must be disclosed in response to a Freedom of Information request.

The previous government refused to disclose it, even when challenged through the courts.

Seema Malhotra said: “The home secretary and I agree with the court’s decision, but we are going further because it is in the public interest to do so.

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