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Tory MPs shouted "rubbish" at shadow home secretary Diane Abbott told the House of Commons that the Windrush scandal has made members of the community feel unwelcome.

Ms Abbott, who is herself a child of the Windrush generation, told how hurt those affected were.

She said: "The home secretary must understand how upset communities are about what has happened to this generation and they feel it reflects something of the way this government regards the entire community."

Some Tory MPs were heard in the chamber to yell "rubbish" at the shadow home secretary's powerful words.

She replied: "People are saying 'rubbish'.

"Well, let me say this: my parents, brothers, sisters and cousins have largely worked in the national health service, in factories and in London transport, and I always remember one of my uncles saying to me with tremendous pride that he had never missed a day of work.

"This is a generation with unparalleled commitment to this country, unparalleled pride in being British and unparalleled commitment to hard work and to contributing to society, and it is shameful that this Government have treated that generation in this way."

And Ms Abbott gave some indication of the wealth of feeling when she detailed the overwhelming response she had had after advertising a meeting in parliament for those affected by the scandal.

She said: "We just advertised it for two days alone. 500 people came they packed out four committee rooms and we had to turn away hundreds more."

Ms Abbott, who has warned about the difficulties facing the Windrush generation and others without documentation, warned the home secretary that this issue was far from over.

She told the House of Commons: "The Home Secretary need not believe this ends here.

"Coming up behind the Windrush cohort is a slightly later cohort of persons from south Asia. In the next few years, even though they have lived here all their life, even though their children are British and even though they have worked all their life, they will be asked for four pieces of data for every year they have been here, and they will be subjected to the same humiliation as the Windrush generation."