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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Neha Gohil Community affairs correspondent

Speed up Windrush compensation payments, say victims and campaigners

Passengers wave from the Empire Windrush
The ‘Windrush generation’ were named after the Empire Windrush ship that carried people from the Caribbean to the UK. Photograph: Daily Herald Archive/SSPL/Getty Images

Compensation payments for people affected by the Windrush scandal should be speeded up and increased, victims and campaigners have said.

The Windrush compensation scheme was launched by the Home Office five years ago this week after widespread outrage over the scandal, in which thousands of British people were wrongly classed as illegal immigrants. Many were wrongfully deported and denied access to healthcare, housing and employment.

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