Claim: Up to 57,000 Commonwealth-born people who arrived in the UK before 1971 could lose their homes, jobs, benefits, NHS treatment, or be threatened with deportation.
Fact-check: Windrush generation: what's the situation? - Full Fact
Verdict: this is the number of commonwealth-born people living in the uk in 2017 who arrived before 1971, and self-report as not being a uk citizen. they have the right to remain in the uk indefinitely but some have recently had problems proving their eligibility. we don't know how many have had such problems, and some who are uk citizens could also be affected.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joël Reland
Date published: 2018-04-17T00:00:00