Jamaica refers 30 Windrush cases to British High Commission
Jamaica’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has disclosed that thirty cases related to the Windrush immigration crisis have been referred to the British High Commission.
Senator Pearnel Charles Jr., Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, revealed the figure at the sixth Biennial Jamaican Diaspora UK Conference on Saturday.
Mr Charles said twenty of the cases were as a result of advertisements in newspapers and on social media. Two persons on this list were granted visas to travel to the UK.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the Consular Affairs Department and the Jamaican High Commission in London, continues to actively monitor developments.
The Ministry has consulted with various stakeholders, including the British High Commission in Kingston, the National Organization of Deported Migrants, and the Open Heart Shelters in Montego Bay and Kingston, to identify individuals who may have been deported and are eligible for their cases to be reviewed.
The State Minister urged those affected by the Windrush crisis to make contact with the Foreign Ministry.
The Windrush scandal involved people who arrived in the UK from the Caribbean from the late 1940s to the early 1970s being targeted by immigration officials.
Some have lost jobs and homes for failing to have the right paperwork, while there have also been stories of people being denied critical medical treatment and being targeted for deportation.