Critics of the beleaguered scheme have repeatedly called for the Home Office to be stripped of responsibility for determining and handling payments.
The Government’s compensation scheme for victims of the Windrush scandal has been branded a failure as campaigners urged ministers to overhaul the payout process five years since it was launched.
Despite growing concerns around the number of people dying before receiving payouts, the Home Office has so far resisted demands for such reforms, warning that changing how the system is administered could disrupt claims being processed and lead to delayed payments. 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.
“It’s high time everyone affected received the justice they are due before it’s too late and more people go to their graves uncompensated for the enormous harm they and their families have experienced through the years.” Some 4,847 claims had been fully closed by this time, of which just over half were found to have no entitlement to compensation, 36% were offered compensation, and the remaining 12% had their eligibility for a claim refused or withdrawn.
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