Only 3 of 60 wrongly deported from the U.K. contacted so far
Britain’s Home Office has revealed it has managed to contact only three of around 60 people who may have been wrongly deported as part of the Windrush scandal. This follows an intense search which commenced weeks ago.
According to the UK’s Independent newspaper, officials have searched through more than 8,000 records dating back to 2002 to find cases of Commonwealth citizens who may have been forced to leave for failing to provide the right documentation, despite living legally in the UK for decades.
The British Government has come under intense criticism over the treatment of the so-called Windrush generation of Caribbean immigrants, who moved to the UK between the 1940s and the 1970s but were never fully naturalised.
More than 5,000 people have been identified as potential Windrush cases since the scandal broke when it emerged that scores of people who were entitled to be in the UK had lost their jobs, been denied medical care and threatened with deportation.
Newly appointed Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, admitted earlier this month that 63 people may have been wrongly deported or removed from the UK.
Of those cases, 32 were classed as foreign national offenders, while 31 were people subject to administrative removals. In a letter to Home Affairs Committee chair, Yvette Cooper, Mr Javid said the latter group is being proactively contacted through a specialist Windrush taskforce.
High commissioners are being asked to assist where there are no contact details.
Deze ole slum countries of old that build up demselves off of Africa and tun round a treat African descended ppl like trash fi feel summen under dem bumbo. When dem couldn’t find money fi feed dem starving filthy population, and dem bruck dung filthy disease filled countries dem run go Africa guh steal all the valuables fi build up dem crumbling country now dem act like dem can treat black ppl as disposables, when dem should kiss di feet of every African descended ppl fi dem have a decent country today.
Dis jus piss mi off a f**kery dat eno.