A £1.5 million fund has been set aside for victims of the Windrush scandal who will now be be better supported to apply for compensation.
The extra support is part of a “fundamental reset” to the Windrush generation and are part of the first steps the new government says it is taking to ensure justice is finally delivered for victims of the Windrush scandal according to the British Home secretary.
What became a British political scandal that began in 2018, the Windrush scandal concerned people who were wrongly detained, denied legal rights, threatened with deportation, and in at least 83 cases wrongly deported from the UK.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said: “The Windrush scandal caused terrible pain and heartache for so many families in the Windrush generation and in wider Commonwealth communities. It is rightly recognised as a period of national shame.
Windrush generation got its name from the HMT Empire Windrush which brought one of the first large groups of post-war West Indian immigrants to the United Kingdom.
The ship carried 1027 passengers and two stowaways on a voyage from Jamaica to London in 1948. Jamaica was the most popular country of origin (539 people)
The Windrush's arrival became symbolic of the generation of Commonwealth citizens who came to live in Britain between 1948 and 1971.
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