Windrush failings still a 'stain on society' - Benjamin

The Windrush scandal remains "a stain on British society", Floella Benjamin has warned, at an emotional House of Lords event where campaigners called for the government to commission a statutory inquiry into continuing Home Office errors.

- Amelia Gentleman

Despite seven years of promises from ministers to rectify the mistakes caused by the Home Office scandal, Lady Benjamin said the injustices remained unresolved, with many of those affected still caught up in an ongoing nightmare.

Several people gave powerful testimonies describing how their lives had been destroyed by Home Office errors, which saw thousands of people from the Caribbean and Commonwealth wrongly classified as illegal immigrants.

Some participants said they had been exposed to a second wave of traumatising treatment when their claims for compensation were rejected by Home Office employees.