UNISON seeks judicial review of home secretary over Windrush

Today is National Windrush Day, marking the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the passengers of the Empire Windrush to the UK, and celebrating the contribution and achievements of those Caribbean immigrants and many others who followed. As UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea says in her blog today, if Windrush hadn’t docked at Tilbury, the country wouldn’t also be celebrating the NHS’s 75th birthday this year, because many of the Windrush generation went straight to work in the health service. But the anniversary comes amid continued controversy over the government’s mistreatment of the Windrush generation. UNISON is currently working with other parties in a legal challenge against the home secretary, over her decision to abandon three of the recommendations made by the Windrush Lessons Learned Review. Conducted by Wendy Williams, the review concluded that the Home Office had shown “ignorance and thoughtlessness” on race throughout the Windrush scandal, which came to light in 2018, when it was revealed that members of the Windrush generation were being declared immigration offenders, and were denied access to public services, housing and jobs. At least 83 people were wrongly deported despite having the right to live and work in the UK. The review found that immigration regulations were tightened “with complete disregard for the Windrush generation” and officials had made “irrational” demands for multiple documents to estab...
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