Brixton protest over ‘Windrush Generation’ mistreatment Around 500 people, including Shadow Home Secretary, Diane Abbott, gather in Windrush Square in Brixton to demonstrate against what they say has been mistreatment by immigration officials. Some who came to Britain legally as children from Commonwealth Caribbean islands have been threatened with deportation due to a lack of immigration documents, which weren’t needed when they arrived. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES