Remove Windrush payout scheme from Home Office control, campaigners urge
Summary
Campaigners want the Windrush compensation scheme to be taken away from the UK Home Office and managed by an independent group. The scheme helps mainly Black British people who were wrongly treated as illegal immigrants, but many claimants have received no compensation or legal help.Key Facts
- About 70 public figures support changing how the Windrush scheme is run.
- The Windrush Justice Community Collective (WJCC) wants an independent body with a judge or commissioner to oversee it.
- Survivors want free legal help and to choose either citizenship or indefinite leave to remain.
- More than half of claimants have received no compensation because they lacked free legal support.
- Over 60 people affected have died waiting for compensation.
- Survivors of Hillsborough and Grenfell disasters criticized the Home Office scheme as a failure.
- Legal support has helped some claimants increase payouts from zero or small amounts to hundreds of thousands of pounds.
- The independent Windrush commissioner said the Home Office should not handle compensation due to conflicts of interest.
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