LONDON (AP) When Thomas Tobierre's wife, Caroline, died in 2021, he didn't know how he was going to pay for her funeral. That's because he had drained his savings while caught up in a United Kingdom immigration.
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A UK government scheme to compensate “Windrush scandal” victims is failing and violating their right to an effective remedy for human rights abuses they suffered at the hands of the Home Office. The Windrush generation that has lived in the UK for decades have had to meet impossible requirements in recent years to prove their residency rights, causing life-altering losses.
A recent report by a leading human rights organization reveals that those affected by the "Windrush" scandal continue to receive insufficient compensation offers and long waits.