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I agree Raj. I raised the Windrush scandal at this years National Voices annual conference, just after a government official presented on behalf of Jeremy Hunt. I raised awareness at that March conference using the Albert Thompson (not real name) prostate cancer experience, as the tip of a very large iceberg, negatively impacting African Caribbeans. We knew about the detentions anf deportations well before headline news. However , it is true that many other ethnic groups are also affected and whole families have lived with the consequences and outcomes for many years. We trust that the outcry from diverse UK citizens and organisations, as a result of Windrush.generation Caribbeans will not just influence change but lead to actual changes in terminology , policies and immigration legislation. Rose Rose Thompson CEO BME Cancer Communities www.bmecancer.com Sent from BlueMail On 31 May 2018, 10:08, at 10:08, BHOPAL Raj <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Colleagues, I think the Windrush scandal has brought home to us how >important the social milieu is, and that it is strongly influenced by >words. >I am sure we will agree that the phrase 'illegal immigrant/migrant' >must be stamped out. As the all know, people cannot be illegal. We made >this clear in the glossary for the recent world Congress On Migration, >Ethnicity, Race and Health. > >The Guardian published a letter by me recently on this point, but the >times turned on three letters on the issue from me. > >I have now published a rapid response in the BMJ: >https://www.bmj.com/content/361/bmj.k2145/rr > >Shall we all work together to try to eradicate from the British >discourse this nonsensical, illogical and very demeaning phrase? It >will not be easy. >(Emma, please send to our Edinburgh group, and Kate, tweet via MERH.) >Raj >R S Bhopal, Bruce and John Usher Professor of Public Health. >Edinburgh Migration, Ethnicity and Health Research Group, Centre for >Population Health Sciences, Usher Institute of Population Health >Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, >Edinburgh EH8 9AG Telephone (0)1316503216 (switchboard extension 1000), >Fax (0)1316506909 > >Institute website: >http://www.ed.ac.uk/usher > >The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in >Scotland, with registration number SC005336. > > > > >To unsubscribe from the MINORITY-ETHNIC-HEALTH list, click the >following link: >https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MINORITY-ETHNIC-HEALTH&A=1 To unsubscribe from the MINORITY-ETHNIC-HEALTH list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MINORITY-ETHNIC-HEALTH&A=1