shlomo Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 (edited) https://www.gov.uk/apply-windrush-compensation-scheme Overview You may be able to claim compensation if you suffered losses because you could not show that you had a right to live in the UK. ‘Losses’ can be things like not being able to work, find a place to live or get health treatment. They can also include immigration action, like detention or removal from the UK. Sign up for email updates about the scheme. Who can apply You can apply if: you came to the UK from a Commonwealth country before 1973 your parents or grandparents came to the UK from a Commonwealth country before 1973 you came to the UK from any country before 31 December 1988 and are now settled here You can also apply if you are: the close family member of someone eligible to claim and you have had significant losses yourself representing the estate of someone who would have been eligible Edited December 21, 2020 by shlomo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shlomo Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 All Windrush victims to get at least £10,000 The government is to give more money to victims of the Windrush scandal, which saw hundreds of people wrongly threatened with deportation. Home Secretary Priti Patel announced that the minimum payment will rise from £250 to £10,000, and the maximum from £10,000 to £100,000. The figure will be higher still in "exceptional" circumstances, with money coming through quicker than before. The Windrush scandal mainly affected UK citizens originally from the Caribbean. They were granted indefinite leave to remain in 1971, but thousands were children who had travelled on their parents' passports. Because of this, many were unable to prove they had the right to live in the country when "hostile environment" immigration policies - demanding the showing of documentation - began in 2012, under then Home Secretary Theresa May. UK 'unlawfully ignored' Windrush warnings Windrush victims died before getting compensation Who are the Windrush generation? Windrush: Who exactly was on board? The scandal broke in 2018, including the revelation that many of those affected had lost homes and jobs and had been denied access to healthcare and benefits. The BBC's Westminster Hour reported last month that at least nine people had died while awaiting payments under the compensation scheme set up for victims. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin_JD Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 What has this got to do with house prices? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shlomo Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 What has this got to do with house prices? The £10k will be used as a deposit for a house in Lancashire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin_JD Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 The £10k will be used as a deposit for a house in Lancashire Why would the 10K be used for a deposit on a house in Lancashire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shlomo Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 Why would the 10K be used for a deposit on a house in Lancashire? Oswaldwistle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin_JD Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Oswaldwistle Care to elaborate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsieurCopperCrutch Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 (edited) Care to elaborate? Like you say it has nothing to do with house prices. Most likely just posted to covertly trigger xenophobic posters. Like £10,000 compensation is big bucks anyway. Edited December 22, 2020 by MonsieurCopperCrutch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
househunter123 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Like you say it has nothing to do with house prices. Most likely just posted to covertly trigger xenophobic posters. Like £10,000 compensation is big bucks anyway. Spot on. Those guys have been though a hell of a lot, families split and many deported for very minor offences but cos they're black, were expected to think less of them as they've received compensation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregBowman Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Spot on. Those guys have been though a hell of a lot, families split and many deported for very minor offences but cos they're black, were expected to think less of them as they've received compensation. They were unfairly racially profiled so deserve the compensation. The fact they didn't think it necessary to get full legal status through applying for a passport has always struck me as strange and frankly a bit daft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NobodyInParticular Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 £10,000 for the most lightly targeted, and a whole lot more) £100k plus) and a personal apology from May and Rudd for others, I would hope. They won't get the apology, of course. And by personal I mean, hand written, addressing the specific case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NobodyInParticular Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 They were unfairly racially profiled so deserve the compensation. The fact they didn't think it necessary to get full legal status through applying for a passport has always struck me as strange and frankly a bit daft I'm some of the cases they had been here since they were tiny and assumed their status was fine. Even with older ones we're talking the tail end of Empire when those in the Caribbean assumed they had those rights. Sure, ignorance is not a defence, but lots of people who are not Carribean don't understand their rights and relationships to the state. For example, people still think they are subjects of the Crown, which ceased for all but a few in Hong Kong in about 1983. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregBowman Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 I'm some of the cases they had been here since they were tiny and assumed their status was fine. Even with older ones we're talking the tail end of Empire when those in the Caribbean assumed they had those rights. Sure, ignorance is not a defence, but lots of people who are not Carribean don't understand their rights and relationships to the state. For example, people still think they are subjects of the Crown, which ceased for all but a few in Hong Kong in about 1983. Yep good point. My Dad was a displaced person so for obvious reasons getting status was a big thing in our family Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 They were unfairly racially profiled so deserve the compensation. The fact they didn't think it necessary to get full legal status through applying for a passport has always struck me as strange and frankly a bit daft True, I suppose they didn't think it necessary and had no reason to want a passport.....they were invited here to build the economy and help with jobs that required doing.....paid income taxes and NI for years, had access to our health service that many came to work in....this country became their country and their home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregBowman Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 True, I suppose they didn't think it necessary and had no reason to want a passport.....they were invited here to build the economy and help with jobs that required doing.....paid income taxes and NI for years, had access to our health service that many came to work in....this country became their country and their home. As above agree - ultimately failure of the system not them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NobodyInParticular Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Yep good point. My Dad was a displaced person so for obvious reasons getting status was a big thing in our family My wife's grandmother also, but it took her thirty years as she didn't want to be 'on a list' as it had previously gone very badly and involved internment by both sides in WW2. This wouldn't apply in the case of Windrush, but might in others including recent ones from war zones. Jerry Springer's parents kept bags packed their entire lives, for example. Creating a 'hostile environment' could feed into existing paranoia for someone arriving from Syria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregBowman Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 My wife's grandmother also, but it took her thirty years as she didn't want to be 'on a list' as it had previously gone very badly and involved internment by both sides in WW2. This wouldn't apply in the case of Windrush, but might in others including recent ones from war zones. Jerry Springer's parents kept bags packed their entire lives, for example. Creating a 'hostile environment' could feed into existing paranoia for someone arriving from Syria. Again great point - my Dad married in to my Mums family a working class family from Kentish Town - who were not adverse to liberating other peoples goods occasionally or at least being the beneficiaries of that activity - with his status precarious for years I am sure he was on edge a lot of the time bless him... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markyh Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 The £10k will be used as a deposit for a house in Lancashire What? A £10k Golden Handshake (after their plane ticket back is deducted) i can except, but this is outrageous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
“Nasty Piece of work” Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 The £10k will be used as a deposit for a house in Lancashire On the day it was reported the UK “Government” borrowed £31.6 Billion in November, it is reassuring to see we can do dog whistle racism like that loser in America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Hun Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 The £10k will be used as a deposit for a house in Lancashire They almost entirely went to live in Brixton and West London Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Hun Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 What? A £10k Golden Handshake (after their plane ticket back is deducted) i can except, but this is outrageous. Outrageous is having your British passport confiscated, torn up in front of you and being deported. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LetsBuild Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 In other news, anyone who ever had a company in 2019 can get a £50k non secured loan with no checks at the drop of a hat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsieurCopperCrutch Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 In other news, anyone who ever had a company in 2019 can get a £50k non secured loan with no checks at the drop of a hat. Yeah but look over there, there are some furreners... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeanutButter Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Good. They deserve more. Next topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pebbles Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Spot on. Those guys have been though a hell of a lot, families split and many deported for very minor offences but cos they're black, were expected to think less of them as they've received compensation. actually its because they cant prove they should be here and they committed offences. I am perfectly comfortable with deporting anyone who has committed a crime who cant prove they should be here including Europeans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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