PAY THE WINDRUSH GENERATION VICTIMS THE COMPENSATION THEY HAVE BEEN PROMISED!

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

WE DEMAND:

• all of the Windrush generation victimised by the government are paid a basic redress payment of £30,000 now. Claims for additional losses can then be made on a case by case basis.

• the policies that caused this scandal are reversed by the Home Secretary, Priti Patel.

The government launched a compensation scheme in April 2019 with an estimated budget of £200-£570 million, at 28th May only 60 victims (out of 1275 applications) had received payments totalling £362,997. Many waiting for payments are in very difficult financial situations. The difficulty in making a claim and the slowness in processing claims is not acceptable.
The Home Office is also putting obstacles in the way for people claiming compensation.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

We have opened the petitions below relating to the Windrush generation, which you may wish to sign:

Windrush Scandal – Increase levels & speed of compensation: Windrush Scandal – Increase levels & speed of compensation

Implement recommendations from previous reports into racial inequality in the UK: Implement recommendations from previous reports into racial inequality in the UK

Include Windrush generations in British Nationality Act Remedial Order: Include Windrush generations in British Nationality Act Remedial Order

Timeline

24 Jun 2020	Petition opened for signatures
4 Sep 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 15

Status Rejected

Rejected 4 Sep 2020

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