UK's Windrush scandal seeing it lose influence across African continent

By contrast China is seen as a partner across much of Africa, offering itself as a growth model

Britain's treatment of the Windrush generation and attitude to its colonial past means it is struggling to retain the same influence across the African continent as China, a cross-party group of peers has said.

In a new report, sharply critical of a lack of a clear UK government strategy for Africa, the Lords International Relations and Defence Committee said the Home Office's treatment of Africans seeking visas to the UK was close to humiliating.