Home Office staff to receive ‘comprehensive’ training on the history of migration and race in the UK in the wake of the Windrush scandal Training for Home Office staff to ‘understand history of migration in this country’ Priti Patel pledged to take ‘a more compassionate approach to applications’ The Home Secretary said ‘nothing like’ the … Read more
Prince Charles calls the ‘diversity of our society its greatest strength’ and pays tribute to the ‘invaluable contribution of black people in Britain’ in a video message marking Windrush Day Prince Charles spoke of ‘debt of gratitude’ nation owes the Windrush generation Spoke from his home office in a video message marking Windrush Day Charles … Read more
Priti Patel says sorry for Windrush scandal as official report blames ‘elements of racism’ at the Home Office Long-awaited Windrush Lessons Learned Review finally published on Thursday Inquiry ripped into Home Office over ‘appalling’ failures that led to legal British residents being deported and made destitute But was ‘unable to make definitive finding of institutional … Read more
The Windrush scandal was ‘foreseeable and avoidable’ according to a damning and long-awaited independent report into the Home Office’s handling of the crisis. The official Windrush Lessons Learned Review concluded that victims had been badly let down because of ‘systemic operational failings’ at the government department. It emerged in 2018 that the Home Office had … Read more