clayton barnes — shut out of britain and cut off from his family.ids, where he worked. so it is — i don't want him to die without that memory. and i want to be there if he does pass. i will not be there to say goodbye really. it would be a phone call. i did want to say goodbye to my dad on the phone. the home office really did take the instruction to create a hostile environment seriously — far too seriously. can we trust them with anything, let alone brexit? and can politicians get away with blaming poor administration? or do they have to take responsibility for setting the culture? the former head of the civil service and a supporter of rigorous immigration control will argue that out. meanwhile, commonwealth leaders gather in london and meet the queen. is it still relevant to us these days, let alone to the other 52 member states? and how does it feel to have your business ruined by your bank? i cannot explain the pressure in your chest when something like that happens. you feel you cannot breathe properly. you shake. you do not sleep. it is not

clayton barnes took up that call. he's spent 51 years working a roofer in the uk.jamaica, since 2013, after being refused entry back into britain. i feel bad about it. very bad. very, very, very, very bad. in fact, they all do. very bad. i, me personally, feel very bad. all that money spent, it's a waste of time. i could've been told before. clayton did overstay his visit, but says too much time has passed for him still to be angry. he hopes his case will be resolved. happy and a conversation and an apology. all together in one package. because i think i deserve it, after 50 years. i think i deserve that. nearby, in mandeville, a town popular with manyjamaicans who once lived in the uk, the returned residents association are having a meeting. the weather a reflection of their mood — stormy, angry at how the british government has behaved. i would have thought, well, i went there when jamaica was a british colony. so i don't think i should have to go and look for a british passport, lam british! i was born british injamaica! we went there and we built the country, a

james clayton has been talking to clayton barnes and his daughter — he's a jamaican national who workedd indefinite leave to remain, but unwittingly forfeited it when he retired to jamaica, only to find he couldn't get back in to even visit his family. despite having a uk pension. dad came to the uk around 1959. lived a full life, got married, had a house here. travel back and forth to jamaica to see family. he had indefinite leave to remain in his passport, a stamp in the passport, which he never had any problems with. he just used to come and go. with having a jamaican passport with indefinite leave there was no need to have a british passport. in 2010 clayton retired to jamaica. when he wanted to return on a family trip he was prevented from doing so. the problem started in 2013. he had been back around three years. we had not seen him and thought we would do a surprise visit with him coming to england and doing a surprise visit at christmas for the kids. booked the flights and sent the details. as he checked in they told me he could not fly because his indefinite leave to remain was

her father clayton barnes spent 50 years in britain but has been stuck for several years in jamaica andurn to the uk after losing his leave to remain and being denied a visa. samantha, the bbc managed to catch up with your father yesterday, here's a little bit of our interview with him from his hospital bed. samantha, the bbc managed to catch up with your father yesterday. he is in hospital so we willjust play a bit of the interview with him from his hospital bed. now you're here injamaica you're away from them at the exact time when you'd need to be with them. yes. that must be awful. i'd seen it like when they came lastly to see me, it was only a few weeks. i'd like to go back and see them back and forwards in the holidays, see them and come back again, as long as i can do it, i'd love to. because you, you have the right, you worked to do this. you paid into the system to do this. yes. yes, yes. when did you last see him? excuse me... over a year ago but i haven't seen him while he has been really poorly. that is the first time i've been able to see his face, just talking to him on th