Very sad but also angry to hear that Hubert Howard, 62, died today
He spent the last weeks of his life in intensive care, still fighting to get citizenship.
Arrived in UK aged 3 from Jamaica, only finally granted citizenship here 3 weeks before he died
theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/n…
He spent the last weeks of his life in intensive care, still fighting to get citizenship.
Arrived in UK aged 3 from Jamaica, only finally granted citizenship here 3 weeks before he died
theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/n…
He had hoped that #Windrush compensation money would allow him to make a trip back to Jamaica to visit his mother's grave. But he was still waiting for compensation
He lost his job as a caretaker with Peabody housing in 2012 because he couldn't prove he was in the UK legally. Even though he had arrived at the age of three, legally, half a century earlier
He was one of the first people I interviewed last year when I was writing about the immigration issues Windrush people had experienced because of the hostile environment. He had been trying for years to persuade the Home Office that a mistake had been made
Because the Home Office wouldn't believe that he was here legitimately he wasn't able to travel to Jamaica to visit his mother before she died. He said this was the hardest thing to deal with
theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/m…
theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/m…
Friends and family were very angry last week. Tyrone McGibbon said: “It has had a massive effect on his physical state and the stress of constantly fighting the Home Office to prove his status has ruined him. It has really hurt me as a friend to see the way he has been treated.”
