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The Latest Breaking News from Windrush

Home Office admits hostile environment policies ‘disproportionately’ affect Black and Asian people

A charity campaigning for the rights of immigrants branded the conclusion a ‘watershed moment’

The Independent UK

Hostile environment policy review finds disproportionate impact on people of colour

A previous review of the department’s handling of the Windrush scandal recommended a full review of the policy, now known as compliant environment.

The Independent UK

The Windrush victim fighting for compensation after not being able to work or claim benefits for 34 years

Exclusive: Home Office face first High Court challenge to Windrush scandal compensation

The Independent UK

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Where is the justice, Suella Braverman, for me and the others whose lives were ruined by the Windrush scandal?

The Home Office scrapping key parts of the commitment to victims wasn’t a surprise – they’ve broken pledges before, says retired healthcare worker Judy Griffith

The Guardian - UK

Home Secretary's decision to U-turn on Windrush reforms branded 'slap in the face'

Labour frontbencher David Lammy said those affected by the Windrush scandal were being 'once again spat on' after Home Secretary Suella Braverman's decision to ditch a set of key reforms

Daily Mirror

‘Stringing us along’: Windrush U-turns let down those whose lives were ruined

Suella Braverman’s abandonment of key commitments is the latest in a series of blows to those seeking justice

The Guardian - UK

Windrush community leader says Braverman ditching reforms is ‘slap in the face’

The Home Secretary has dropped plans to establish the post of migrants’ commissioner and hold reconciliation events.

The Independent UK

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Minister refuses to deny claim Government is dropping some Windrush pledges

The Government initially pledged to implement all the recommendations of the Windrush Lessons Learned Review by Wendy Williams.

The Independent UK

‘I have a fighting spirit!’: the Windrush boxer who lost everything – then battled his way back

Vernon Vanriel was a talented athlete who fought crack addiction, was sectioned twice and beaten up by police officers. Finally he ended up stateless in Jamaica. A new play tells his extraordinary life story

The Guardian - UK

Suella Braverman branded ‘shameful’ over post-Windrush pledges

It comes as the Windrush generation prepare to celebrate the 75th anniversary of their arrival in Britain

Evening Standard

Suella Braverman plans to ditch key Windrush pledges

Exclusive: UK government set to implement hardline commitments to fast-track detention and removal of migrants

The Guardian - UK

Windrush victim granted right to remain in UK after 10-year battle

Roy Harrison slept in bin shed and lost partner and business after being charged with crime he says he didn’t commit

The Guardian - UK

Home Office refuses to speed up visa case of woman with terminal cancer

Windrush campaigner Eulalee Pennant has appealed that her application for further leave to remain be resolved before she dies

The Guardian - UK

Windrush compensation scheme ‘not fit for purpose’ as only 1% of appeals successful

Exclusive: Just 42 of the 3,479 appeals last year were successful, new figures show

The Independent UK

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What lies in new Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s in-tray?

The new boss of the Home Office will have a wide-ranging brief, with many challenges to tackle.

Daily Mirror

Boney M star Liz Mitchell opens up about Windrush and getting 22bn TikTok views

The Boney M song Rasputin has notched up an incredible number of views on the app after fans used it as a backdrop to make a huge variety of videos on the platform

The Guardian - UK

Pupils make it to Windrush event after evacuation from stuck train

Party of 48 pupils and their teachers waited on train for almost three hours en route to Royal Festival Hall

The Independent UK

London mayor calls for free NHS care for all UK residents to help ‘prevent another Windrush scandal’

Currently some migrants, mainly Black and Asian, can face being charged upfront fees for healthcare that is not deemed urgent or immediately necessary, or be charged retrospectively for urgent treatment.

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The Guardian - UK

Windrush: only one in four applicants have received compensation

Figure comes four years after people wrongly classified as illegal immigrants were promised redress

The Guardian - UK

Faces in a London crowd: museum’s appeal to identify Windrush arrivals

The National Railway Museum in quest to tell stories of the West Indian passengers caught on camera at Waterloo station as they began a new life in Britain

The Guardian - UK

Home Office tried to ‘sanitise’ staff education module on colonialism

Disagreements have led to delay in course rollout as civil servants think empire material ‘too controversial’

The Guardian - UK

The racist legislation that led to Windrush

A suppressed report has concluded the fiasco’s roots lie in immigration legislation from 1950 to 1981

The Guardian - UK

Windrush scandal caused by ‘30 years of racist immigration laws’ – report

Exclusive: legislation has been designed to reduce the UK’s non-white population, according to leaked government paper

The Independent UK

‘We’re human beings too’: How a decade of the hostile environment has torn lives apart

It is 10 years since Theresa May first used the phrase that has become synonymous with hardline policies on migrants. In that decade – from “go home” vans to the Windrush scandal – thousands have faced fear and uncertainty as a result. They tell Nadine White their stories

The Guardian - UK

From ‘go home’ vans to Windrush scandal: a timeline of UK’s hostile environment

Theresa May first revealed Tory policy that has been derided across the world

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