Thread by @JolyonMaugham

🚨 Thread: @WindrushLives takeover 🚨

We’re @WindrushLives. We’re taking over Jo's account today to tell you why the Windrush Scandal - we prefer Windrush Injustice - is not over. #WindrushInjustice [1/9]

We’re going to show you that all the government hand-wringing and apologies for the Windrush Injustice ring very hollow when you scrutinise what’s happened since Sajid Javid promised to ‘do right by the Windrush generation’ ukpol.co.uk/sajid-javid-20… [2/9]

The main focus of our ire is the Windrush Compensation Scheme (WCS or Scheme hereafter) which was established by the Javid-led Home Office in 2019 to compensate the 1000s of people who were caught up in the Windrush Injustice. The Scheme, in short, has been shambolic. [3/9]

Case in point: You might have seen the BBCs ‘Waiting in Limbo’ about Anthony Bryan’s ordeal. HE HAS STILL NOT RECEIVED COMPENSATION despite promises he would by the Home Office.

https://twitter.com/KateOsamor/status/1389586651421290504?s=20

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We’ll cover the glacial pace of the WCS, the inadequacies of compensation, prohibitive evidence requirements, the exclusion of some people who SHOULD be eligible, the re-traumatisation and gaslighting of claimants, and our reflections on the wider Hostile Environment. [5/9]

For the avoidance of any doubt, we maintain the Windrush Compensation Scheme MUST be taken away from the Home Office and handled by an independent body. Over the course of the day, we’ll show you why this is our position. [6/9]

Who are we? @WindrushLives is made up of claimants fighting the scheme and supporters. We’re an advocacy group and collate evidence on peoples’ experience of the WCS, provide a forum for mutual support, refer claimants to legal advice, and generally raise hell on Twitter. [7/9]

Over the course of today you’ll see some short videos of some of the many people that have driven this fight, but we will also be aggregating across many many more stories. #WindrushInjustice [8/9]

We’ll present just a snapshot of the ongoing Windrush Injustice today, but do give us a follow @WindrushLives as we keep holding the Home Office’s feet to the fire, dissecting their data, and calling for the WCS to be taken away from them. #WindrushInjustice #BreakTheHE [9/9]