"Whether the political landscape as we see it or not, I think the duration is long enough and that of itself is the motivation that we should be moving forward for justice, said Foster, a pastor from Nottingham whose parents came to the UK from Jamaica in 1959, and who was appointed to oversee the government's response to the scandal."
"The second people's inquiry symposium, held in north London on Saturday, brought together survivors, campaigners and advocates intent on establishing pathways to justice with victims' voices at the forefront, while continuing to press the government to launch a statutory public inquiry into the scandal. The Windrush scandal was brought to public attention through investigative reporting by the Guardian in 2017, which revealed thousands of legal UK residents to be mistakenly labelled as immigration offenders."
Rev Clive Foster urged urgent action to deliver justice for British residents wrongly classified as illegal immigrants, warning that many of that generation are dying. Survivors, campaigners and advocates convened a people's inquiry symposium to establish pathways to justice and to press for a statutory public inquiry. Investigative reporting in 2017 revealed thousands of legal UK residents were mistakenly labelled as immigration offenders. Government schemes have since granted documentation to 17,000 people and paid 2,600 of 8,800 claims as of July 2024. Many victims still struggle to navigate the compensation process amid concerns progress could stall under a Reform government.
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