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Our articles will  provide you with further information and recent news updates regarding the Windrush scheme.

The Windrush Compensation Scheme

A recent report from the National Audit Office says that Home Office processes led to wrongful detentions and deportations for members of the Windrush generation.It is thought that at least sixty people were wrongly deported from the UK as a result of Home Office blunders. Many others have lost their rights to live, work and access services. Full Article.

More on the Windrush Scheme​

The Government began by addressing the immediate problem faced by people – namely to sort out their immigration status. These people suddenly found themselves unable to work, draw benefits, in some cases actually detained and deported, or, if they had left the UK, they found that they could not return home. Full Article.

The History of Windrush​

What is Windrush all about?
Windrush is about the denial of basic citizenship rights to people who had always been UK citizens and who had always been entitled to live and work here. Through no fault of their own, they found themselves trapped in the UK’s immigration system.  Full article. 

How the Windrush scandal unfolded ​

Under the Immigration Act 1971, all Commonwealth citizens already living in the UK were given indefinite leave to remain – but the right to free movement between Commonwealth nations was ended from that date onwards. Thousands of these people were children travelling on their parents’ passports, and without their own documents. Full Article.

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