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To: Boris Johnson and Priti Patel - Home Secretary

Windrush: never again

Implement and accept all recommendations from The Windrush Lessons Learned review, and do more to protect survivors so this never happens again

Why is this important?

Two years after the Windrush Scandal, the independent report commissioned into the appalling failings that took place has finally been published. But with so much going on, we can’t let the lessons go unnoticed.

The Home Office can no longer ignore the true scale of the scandal and its impact on people - from being made homeless or unemployed to being denied access to the NHS or unfairly deported. The Home Office must urgently stop any racial discrimination and to learn from the lessons published, so this never happens again.

This includes full implementation of all recommendations - with an action plan to do this quickly, appointing an independent group to review progress, and doing more to support survivors now.

You can read the full report here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/windrush-lessons-learned-review

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Updates

2020-07-12 11:21:31 +0100

Thanks for your support again in supporting the victims of the Windrush Scandal in forcing the government to make a commitment to implement the Lessons Learned Review. However one of the biggest and outstanding issues is the failure of the Windrush Compensation Scheme. It was only recent discovered at Home Office Select that the 5 people who died in the UK as result of the scandal families estates have not paid. Plus one person only got £240.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jul/07/at-least-five-who-applied-for-windrush-compensation-die-before-receiving-it

Please support this petition so can get another 100k signatures so we can present this to Number 10. The compensation scheme needs to be fair and managed independently of the Home Office.
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/improve-the-compensation-scheme-for-windrush-survivors-and-family-members

2020-06-10 09:35:18 +0100

100,000 signatures reached

2020-05-16 14:07:02 +0100

Dear Friends,
Thank you for signing the petition Windrush: never again, can you help spread the word by forwarding the link below to your friends?
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/windrush-never-again
I will be speaking at Haldane Society event on Thursday 21st May at 7pm. Please find details if you wish to join this zoom call. There are very limited tickets.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/windrush-have-lessons-been-learned-tickets-104522182662
Thanks
Patrick Vernon OBE

2020-03-20 12:01:22 +0000

50,000 signatures reached

2020-03-19 18:40:46 +0000

20,000 signatures reached

2020-03-19 17:55:47 +0000

10,000 signatures reached

2020-03-19 17:42:15 +0000

5,000 signatures reached

2020-03-19 16:56:13 +0000

1,000 signatures reached

2020-03-19 16:47:48 +0000

500 signatures reached

2020-03-19 16:43:01 +0000

100 signatures reached

2020-03-19 14:43:03 +0000

50 signatures reached

2020-03-19 13:53:10 +0000

25 signatures reached

2020-03-19 13:23:18 +0000

10 signatures reached