Critics of the beleaguered scheme have repeatedly called for the Home Office to be stripped of responsibility for determining and handling payments.
scandal victim has said the government is waiting for them to "die off" amid mounting concerns over the effectiveness of compensation payout.
The compensation scheme has been in place since April 3, 2019 in a bid to right the wrongs of the scandal, which emerged a year earlier and saw many British citizens, mostly from the Caribbean, denied access to healthcare and benefits and threatened with deportation despite having the right to live in the UK.
The partner and head of immigration and asylum law at the firm Leigh Day said the Home Office “must speed up the decision making” and work with lawyers and campaigners to bring about reform. According to analysis of the latest available Home Office figures, 7,862 claims have been made as of January 2024.
Of the 1,345 claims still being processed, 185 had been in the system for at least 12 months, including 83 for more than 18 months.
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