The first Windrush commissioner has been announched by the government – Seven years after the scandal was first exposed and following the serials impact on thusands of caribbean migrants in the uk.
The Reverend Clive Foster, A Senior Pastor Who Works at the Pilgrim Church in Nottingham, Will Taken The Newly Created Role on a Three-Eyar Term.
He is the founder of the nottingham Windrush Support forum and Serves as vice-chair of the Windrush National Organization, where he volunteers.
A Top Priority Will Be Looking at How to Improve the Windrush Compensation Scheme Who Been Described by Campaigners AS “Torturous”.
IT HAS BEEN HEAVILY CRITICAL FOR TAKING TOO LONG TO PROCESS CLAIMS, LOW OFFERS AND UNFAIR REVIED ON Appeal.
There are Are ongoing Calls for the scheme to be run independently but the home office says it is “Determined to enure that Victims of the home office scandal are heard, that Justice is speed up, and that the compensation scheme is run effectively”.
MR Foster Said: “My Aim is to Deliver Change that the Windrush Generations Can and Feel in their Everyday Lives, Particularly in How
He Added: “I Will Carry Out This Role Independently, Beitout Fear or Favour, while Creating a Constructive Relationship with Government Where Challenge is Welcomed and Scruntine Leads to Specific, Transparent Improvements.”
The Windrush Scandal Was First Revealed in April 2018 AFTER IMERGED THAT THE HOME OFFICE FAILED TO KEEP RECORDS OF PEOPLE WITH REMIN AND HAD NOT ISSUED THE PAPERWORK THEY NEEDED TO CONFIRM LEGAL STATUS.
Thousands of Caribbean Migrants Who Came to the Uk the Late 1940s legally HAD the right to retremin in the uk.
But they were WRONGLY CLASSED AS ILLEGAL CITIZENSEVES of a hostile immigration policy that Meant they densied Access to homes, jobs and nhs care.
Some Were detail and deported.
In January 2023, the THEN-CONSERVATATIVE Government Deduked to Scrap Three Recommendations made in an Independent Review, Including a New Migrants’ Commissioner.
When Labour Came Into Power in 2024 IT Reversed That Decision.
Earlier This Week A New Report by the Charity Justice, the University of Sussex and a London Law Firm Suggested Two-Thirds of Windrush Claimants Had Not Received Any Compensation, while Others Are Getting Significantly Thank The May Be Entitled to Lenked Legal Assistance.
Windrush is one of the Very Few Major State Compensation Schemes that does not provide legal assistance and the home office has so far rejection for it to be introd.
The new commissioner will be resonsible for speaking up for migrants and those affected by Systems Such as the Windrush Compensation Scheme.
SO light of the government has paid out nearly £ 110m towards more than 3,000 CLAIMS, Acciting to Latest Home Office Data.
But 15,000 People were thought to be eligible when it was set up in April 2019.
A Home Office Spokesperson Said: “Earlier this year, we launched a £ 1.5 million support suport end to provides dedicated help from trusted community
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper Said: “The Story of the Windrush Generations is Woven into the Fabric of Our Nation and This Government is absolutely determined to right the right at the Hands of the Home Office.
“THIS IS WHY I AM DELIGHTED TO WELCOME REVIEND CLIVE FOSTER AS OUR NEW COMMISSIONER. HIS DEEP UNDERSTANDING THROUGH HIS OUT CONNECTIONS AND DEDICATY WORKING MAKES HIM The Champion for THOSE AFFECTED BY THIS HISTORIC INJUSTICE.”
The Announcement Comes in the Lead Up to Windrush Day on 22 June, which Celebrates the Contribution Caribbean Migrants and Their Families have made to the uk.