The Windrush scandal was a British political scandal that began in 2018 concerning people who were wrongly detained, denied legal rights, threatened with deportation, and in at least 83 cases[1][2][3] wrongly deported from the UK by the Home Office. Many of those affected had been born British subjects and had arrived in the UK before 1973, particularly from Caribbean countries, as members of the "Windrush generation"[4] (so named after the Empire Windrush, the ship that brought one of the first groups of West Indian migrants to the UK in 1948).[5]
As well as those who were deported, an unknown number were detained, lost their jobs or homes, had their passports confiscated, or were denied benefits or medical care to which they were entitled.[3] A number of long-term UK residents were refused re-entry to the UK;[6] a larger number were threatened with immediate deportation by the Home Office. Linked by commentators to the "hostile environment policy" instituted by Theresa May during her time as Home Secretary,[7][8][9] the scandal led to the resignation of Amber Rudd as Home Secretary in April 2018 and the appointment of Sajid Javid as her successor.[10] The scandal also prompted a wider debate about British immigration policy and Home Office practice.
The March 2020 independent Windrush Lessons Learned Review,[11][12] conducted by the inspector of constabulary Wendy Williams, concluded that the Home Office had shown "ignorance and thoughtlessness" and that what had happened had been "foreseeable and avoidable". It further found that immigration regulations were tightened "with complete disregard for the Windrush generation" and that officials had made "irrational" demands for multiple documents to establish residency rights.[13]
Despite a compensation scheme being announced in December 2018, by November 2021, only an estimated 5 per cent of victims had received any compensation and 23 of those eligible had died before receiving payments. Three separate Parliamentary committees had issued reports during 2021 criticising Home Office slowness and ineffectiveness in providing redress to victims and calling for the scheme to be taken out of the hands of the Home Office.[14]
^Rawlinson, Kevin (12 November 2018). "Windrush: 11 people wrongly deported from UK have died – Javid". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 March 2019. Javid … said there were 83 cases in which it had been confirmed people were wrongfully removed from the country and officials fear there may be a further 81
^McCann, Kate (15 May 2018). "Home Secretary admits 63 Windrush migrants may have been deported and brands hostile environment 'un-British'". The Telegraph.
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^Stenhouse, Ann (30 April 2018). "What is the Windrush scandal – and how the Windrush generation got their name". Daily Mirror. Archived from the original on 2 May 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
^Rodgers, Lucy; Ahmed, Maryam (27 April 2018). "Windrush: Who exactly was on board?". BBC News. BBC News.
^Gentleman, Amelia (2 December 2021). "A 975-day nightmare: how the Home Office forced a British citizen into destitution abroad". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
^Guardian staff (20 April 2018). "'It's inhumane': the Windrush victims who have lost jobs, homes and loved ones". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
^"The human impact of Theresa May's hostile environment policies". The Independent. 21 April 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
^Bush, Stephen (25 April 2018). "Why Amber Rudd Won't Suggest Real Solutions to the Worsening Windrush Scandal". New Statesman. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
^Wright, Oliver (30 April 2018). "Windrush scandal: Sajid Javid named home secretary after Amber Rudd resigns". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
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