Preston Windrush Generation and Descendants UK/WNO
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Advocacy, support & help for ALL Windrush and Migrants in the UK -Status, nationality and citizenship! A Voice! Raising awareness & outreach. . .
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“If you met these people face to face, you would understand the trauma that they have gone through.” The government should bring the Windrush compensation scheme up to the same level as the Post Office scandal, says campaigner Glenda Caesar. James Hanson | Rosie Wright
Glenda Caesar one of our directors of WNO discussing the continued government failures of the Windrush scandal on SKY NEWS today. Join the National Windrush Vigil this Saturday 6th April 12noon Windrush Square Brixton, London.
We urge the #HomeOffice to speed up deciding #Windrush claims. Victims are dying! Our client, Anjali*, is “sad & gutted” that her father’s compensation was issued a year after he died, & 4 years after the Home Office confirmed he was settled in the UK. theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…
Home Office say it's difficult to calculate losses from the early cashing in of occupational pensions or loss of opp to contribute after losing employment. There needs to be an early resolution of this question for this elderly cohort. #WindrushScandal voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2…
Moving vigil today BCA with community leaders and church leaders Glenda Caesar Patrick Vernon #Windrush #Justice #Remembering wonderful also to see Stories of Black Leadership exhibition Dame Elizabeth Anionwu SHIRLEY J. THOMPSON MUSIC & OPERA PRODUCTIONS.
Nadine White of the Independent reports on today's vigil to mark the 6th anniversary of the #WindrushScandal. Govt failure to combat the impact of the #hostileenvironment, & address wider societal issues such as racism & discrimination, were of concern. independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
Windrush National Vigil organised by groups supporting victims of the scandal including the Windrush National Organisation (WNO), the Black Cultural Archives and Churches Together in England, Friends of Windrush Square. Jacqueline (Jacqui) Mckenzie
"The Home Office must speed up the decision-making," said Jacqueline (Jacqui) Mckenzie, a partner at law firm Leigh Day and head of immigration and asylum law, who has helped over 400 victims make compensation claims. Read the full article here: voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2…
🧵1/3 An emotional Richard Black tells @gmb of his ordeal of being locked out of the UK for 40 years by Home Office & British Embassy in Trinidad. The Home Office has admitted that his daughter Marissa should be a British Citizen as Embassy staff failed to register her birth
Latest event in Liverpool on Thursday 9th May: On behalf of the people of Liverpool, Writing on the Wall Writing on the Wall are proud to host a tribute to Benjamin Zephaniah, pioneering dub poet, lyricist, musician, and revolutionary, who passed away in December 2023, aged 65 #Blackhistory
On the 76 anniversary of Windrush Day Chair of Windrush National Organisation Bishop Dr Bishop Dr. DESMOND JADDOO MBE MBE makes a direct challenge to the incoming government on Sky News