A brief explainer of why the Windrush Compensation Project was set up, featuring quotes from Legal Advice Clinic Director and supervising solicitor, @LauraBee7
Join us on March 11, 2024 from 12-4pm for our Justice for Windrush x Community Food & Well-being Charity!
Location: Percy Gee Building, Student Union
Come say hello & support an amazing cause!
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A 🧵 on a hugely instructive case about the Windrush Scandal, and citizenship and nationality law.
@ukhomeoffice lost at first instance (last year) in Howard v SSHD, and has now brought an appeal.
This is the story of Hubert Howard, now deceased. https://t.co/Tsqgwt8BBh
Job alert for 2021 or 2022 law graduates. The Legal Advice Clinic paid graduate intern role is live. If you have any questions please ask. https://t.co/TxcR0OyDgr
17th April 2018 Theresa May makes formal apology for causing #WindrushScandal.4 years on compensation scheme has failed,charter flights are ongoing,hostile environment will be extended to 6 million more people in the UK and #Rwanda is the new headquarters for the Home Office.
SIGN & SHARE @UKChange/@Change#petition to save the Hibiscus Caribbean Elderly Association. Spaces like this are of immense value and commUNITY importance for our elders. WE must do ALL we can to help!
➡️➡️ https://t.co/JbSnVILOZm
#Caribbean#HibiscusCaribbeanElderyAssociation
The details of this case are harrowing - please get in touch with @endhostile if you may be able to assist in any way, or if you know someone who might.
Please share to get the message out!
URGENT!
We need a lawfirm/barrister to apply for Exceptional Case Funding certificate from Legal Aid Agency; and to represent client
Merits of this peculiar case established
*A firm/barrister versed in Civil (Article 6, 8 etc) and Criminal matters
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I always see misleading statements like this in the media
“People were in the UK without the right documents”
Where as it should read
“British people were in the UK without documents after they were destroyed by the British government”
You notice the change in context…
URGENT!
We need a lawfirm/barrister to apply for Exceptional Case Funding certificate from Legal Aid Agency; and to represent client
Merits of this peculiar case established
*A firm/barrister versed in Civil (Article 6, 8 etc) and Criminal matters
DM us your Name + Telephone
🎉I wasn't expecting this!🎉
But, my story about Black Brits leaving the UK, to live in the Caribbean and parts of Africa, made the cover of this month's @TheVoiceNews 😊🎉📰❤
Thank you to the women (Zoe & Sharon 💜💜) who trusted me to tell their stories of relocation.
Independent expert Wendy Williams, asked by #HomeOffice to assess reforms after #Windrush, finds only 8 of her 30 recommendations implemented despite promises. “I have seen limited evidence that a compassionate approach is being embedded consistently across the department."💔