@clivefosterwc@ShabanaMahmood@MikeTappTweets
How can the WINDRUSH SCHEME require a child of Windrush to have lived in the UK all their life, since birth or since arriving when HOME OFFICE specifically ran a Hostile Environment Policy of locking them out of the UK?
Hetticia, 70, was hospitalised twice in one month from the stress of dealing with the Home Office’s Windrush compensation scheme.
‘It has taken a toll on my physical health, my emotional and mental health’
She & her husband have been denied compensation a total of 8 times
I’ve not been as present as I would like to be on this app as I’m finishing off my series on Windrush telling Tricia and Vaun’s story. In the middle of editing and I’ve had to pause. The toll it has taken on them is honestly heartbreaking. They just didn’t deserve this.
@fufuisonme@momentswithjoey I remember when this business opened up over 10 years ago. It was a husband and wife business (a lovely couple), then the wife died a few years later. The husband carried on the business. Sad to see it close down
A vigil for 3 sisters who died in the sea off Brighton is set to be held today Sunday May 24 at 8pm at Black Rock Beach in Brighton. The vigil has been organised by a local community group Women of Colour in Brighton to ‘honour their lives’ https://t.co/T1ZhRrVVQ6
Yves Sakila died after being heavily restrained by security guards in Dublin.
The community has responded with outrage, calling for justice and accountability.
The story so far.. 👇🏾
#justiceforyvessakila#blacklivesmatter
‘We didn’t come here to scrounge. We didn’t come here to beg. We came to contribute and contribute we did.’
The trailer for Part 2 of Hetticia and Vanderbilt’s half a decade battle for Windrush compensation.
POSTING on behalf, and with the consent of @HetticiaM (the victim):
What is often overlooked is the impact on British-born children of the Windrush generation who were forced into exile because of their parents’ immigration status. These children were British by birth, yet many were denied the practical right to live, grow up, and build their futures in their own country.
This “proxy effect” meant that the consequences imposed on parents also fell on their children, separating families from their homes, education, opportunities, and sense of identity. Today’s Human Rights principles, especially around family life and the rights and best interests of the child, would view such treatment very seriously.
It is an important and largely untold part of the Windrush story that deserves recognition. @labourlewis@abenaopp@HelenGrantMP@HackneyAbbott@DavidBSampson@DawnButlerBrent@DavidLammy@clivefosterwc
@Jam_RadioUK@LaserMike33@melissasigodo It’s so sad listening to this, the way the scandal ruined so many years for the whole family and now it continues with the compensation scheme.
Here is the full episode - part 2 of the Windrush docuseries by @melissasigodo's The Community Reporter.
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https://t.co/gSNiLHEOtY
Windrush didn’t just exile a generation; it also pushed their British‑born children out of the UK.
Melissa Sigodo’s docuseries lays bare the families who lost home, identity and opportunity because of the Home Office’s failures. Part 2 airs tonight. 🔗 https://t.co/BMpJdqqnpc