to return to his family. in internal letters, officials admit mistakes were made in his case and that he should be allowed to return. but he never did. it s an emotional discovery for june, who s never known any of this. i m still shocked now. i m upset. it s upsetting. it s really upsetting to know that. how dare they? this was a vulnerable man. you re supposed to look after your vulnerable people. and they didn t, theyjust left him. they abandoned him. joseph s was one of many cases where mentally ill patients were repatriated to the caribbean. using documents stored in the national archives, for the first time, we can show the extent of how many of the windrush generation were repatriated in the i950s, 60s and 70s.
but he never did. it s an emotional discovery for june, who s never known any of this. i m still shocked now. i m upset. it s upsetting. it s really upsetting to know that. how dare they? this was a vulnerable man. you re supposed to look after your vulnerable people. and they didn t, theyjust left him. they abandoned him. joseph s was one of many cases where mentally ill patients were repatriated to the caribbean. using documents stored in the national archives, for the first time, we can show the extent of how many of the windrush generation were repatriated in the 19505, 60s and 705. our findings show more than 400 chronically sick and mentally ill patients were sent back to the caribbean. and evidence suggests it wasn t
it s really upsetting to know that. how dare they? this was a vulnerable man. you re supposed to look after your vulnerable people. and they didn t, theyjust left him. they abandoned him. joseph s was one of many cases where mentally ill patients were repatriated to the caribbean. using documents stored in the national archives, for the first time, we can show the extent of how many of the windrush generation were repatriated in the 19505, 60s and 705. our findings show more than 400 chronically sick and mentally ill patients were sent back to the caribbean. and evidence suggests it wasn t always for their benefit. government documents from the 19605 show that people likejune s dad should only have been repatriated if they wanted to return, if their doctor felt it would benefit their health, and if there were resources there to look after them.
gary, if you can, about how this tragedy has really shaped his political career and if public image as the president who speaks most of empathy? yes, the president and his family had a private church service and st. joseph s st. joseph, that s the church they always go to when they re here on the weekends. it s also where his late wife, amelia, and his daughter naomi were buried. big visited the grave site after the church service. and this car crash 50 years ago today was a defining moment for the president personally, of course, but it was also a hugely defining moment politically. he had just been elected to the u.s. senate. and he was at a point where he wasn t even sure if he was going to serve in the u.s. senate after this car crash. he was convinced to do so by some leaders of the senate, at the time, and we saw now where he has ended up. but, really, this car crash also brought out the empathy and compassion in joe biden,