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The Latest Breaking News from Windrush

Woman denied indefinite leave to remain in UK under Windrush scheme wins appeal

Home Office ordered to reconsider case of Jeanell Hippolyte, whose father and brother were granted ILR

The Guardian - UK

Windrush scandal still a stain on society, Floella Benjamin tells Lords event

Campaigners call for urgent reform of redress scheme and say they plan to launch ‘people’s inquiry’ into failings

The Guardian - UK

Windrush commissioner: Black Britons asking if UK is ‘going backwards’

Rev Clive Foster says rhetoric targeting legal migrants makes some wonder if history is repeating itself

The Guardian - UK

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‘Clear parallels’ with Windrush as UK-born toddler denied passport

Campaigners say lessons not being learned as three-year-old’s mother is asked to prove right to free NHS treatment

The Guardian - UK

Windrush scheme failings ’caused woman to miss time with mother before death’

It comes after a 2024 PHSO report highlighted that the scheme was making wrong decisions and withholding payments in some cases.

Evening Standard

‘Forced on us’: fears for Windrush-era club as Moss Side housing plans loom

Proposed 212 flats may lead to noise complaints for West Indian Sports and Social Club, oldest venue of its kind in UK

The Guardian - UK

Hillsborough, Grenfell, Windrush, the Post Office scandal: the guilty escape justice. Well, not any more

The Hillsborough campaigners have always said those who harm and mislead the public must be held to account. A new law, in their name, will do that, says justice secretary David Lammy

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Windrush Commissioner urges reform of ‘opaque and unjust’ compensation scheme

Reverend Clive Foster said that according to Home Office records, 66 people have died while waiting for compensation.

Evening Standard

Yvette Cooper risks ‘Windrush-type’ scandal by rushing asylum response, says Amber Rudd

Exclusive: Yvette Cooper warned by Amber Rudd not to repeat ‘hostile environment’ mistakes of Conservatives

The Guardian - UK

Voices: ‘Deport now, appeal later’ is proof we haven’t learned from Windrush

COMMENT: Sending non-British criminals home before they can plead their case against removal sounds tough – but it will only lead to another deportation scandal, says immigration lawyer Jacqueline McKenzie

The Independent UK

‘At last I have peace’: Windrush-era grandmother has right to remain reinstated after 50 years

Comfort Olufunmilayo Olawo, 82, spent decades flying between UK and Nigeria on tourist visas every six months

The Guardian - UK

Windrush scandal: those left to apply for compensation without legal help missed out on tens of thousands of pounds

The Windrush scandal has been one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in Britain, affecting tens of thousands of people. The government set up a scheme in 2019 to award compensation to those who had been wronged by racist immigration legislation over decades, left unable to prove their immigration status.

The Conversation

Windrush commissioner pledges to fight for justice for marginalised groups

Clive Foster aims to ‘confront uncomfortable realities’ and expand his remit to help those faced with discrimination

The Guardian - UK

Man, 24, arrested after exhibition honouring Windrush generation vandalised

A 24-year-old man was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of vandalism, the Metropolitan Police said.

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Rollout of eVisas ‘could drag 200,000 people into Windrush-style scandal’

Fears those without immigration details on computer systems could become undocumented as Home Office digitises records

The Guardian - UK

Campaigner calls for judge-led public inquiry into Windrush scandal

Victims of other injustices are treated better, says founder of ‘bittersweet’ Windrush Day

Evening Standard

Windrush campaigners urge the Government to save Notting Hill Carnival

The carnival attracts around two million people to west London over the August bank holiday.

The Guardian - UK

Windrush scandal victims got less compensation due to lack of legal advice funding, review finds

Study finds claimants who challenged payouts after taking advice received huge increases, in one case from £300 to £170,000

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Downing Street exploring options for ‘progressive’ UK digital IDs

BritCard proposed by Labour Together as way to avoid another Windrush scandal and reduce visa overstayers

The Guardian - UK

Ministers try to encourage Windrush compensation claims with £1.5m fund

Government acknowledges that many victims have felt too nervous to engage with officials from Home Office

The Guardian - UK

Home Office spent £22,000 on failed attempt to stop Windrush report release

Hard-hitting internal investigation found roots of scandal lay in racist immigration legislation

The Guardian - UK

John Richards obituary

Other lives: One of the last surviving passengers of HMT Empire Windrush who played an active role in his north-west London community

The Guardian - UK

Windrush grandfather at risk of deportation after almost 50 years in UK

Samuel Jarrett-Coker says Home Office has not responded to requests to resolve his immigration status since 1980s

Evening Standard

Visas rollout: Home Office confirms how long expired travel documents can be used after eVisa problems

The full eVisa rollout is being postponed after campaigners warned problems with the system could ‘lead to another Windrush’

The Guardian - UK

Yvette Cooper reinstates Home Office unit for post-Windrush culture change

Home secretary also pledges to appoint commissioner to advocate for those affected by scandal

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