Windrush: apprehension and suspicion over Home Office

APPREHENSION and suspicion remains towards the Home Office among the Windrush generation and their descendants, the pastor who has vowed to be their “trusted voice” to get justice has said.

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Reverend Clive Foster, the first Windrush Commissioner, has pledged to push for speedier payouts from a much-criticised compensation scheme for those affected by the scandal. Last month just ahead of announcing his appointment, immigration minister Seema Malhotra confirmed around 64 claimants had died after applying for payouts, as she set out the Government’s wish to speed up “justice”.

Today, she will attend an event with Mr Foster where people affected by the scandal, which erupted in 2018 when British citizens were wrongly detained, deported or threatened with deportation despite having the right to live in Britain, will hear from the commissioner on his aims for his role.