The St Kitts Nevis Observer
Relatives of a woman caught up in the Windrush scandal can apply for permission to live in Britain without paying thousands of pounds in fees, the High Court has ruled.
Charging the family of Lynda Mahabir would be a “colossal interference” in her human rights, the court said.
The fees would cost more than £20,000.
Mrs Mahabir, 52, was unable to live in the UK until 2018 and says the government didn’t correctly record her immigration status in the 1970s.
Her case was similar to thousands of other Windrush victims.
When she was finally able to come to the UK, she risked being separated from her relatives in Trinidad because the family could not afford to pay application fees of nearly £23,000, required for permission to join her.
Windrush victim wins fight over application fees for family and breach of human rights, a court has ruled
WINDRUSH: Thousands of other Windrush victims have also reported similar problems to Mrs Mahabir (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)
RELATIVES OF a women embroiled in the Windrush scandal can now apply for permission to live in the UK without having to pay thousands of pounds in fees, the High Court has ruled.
Charging the family of Lynda Mahabir was determined by the court to be a “colossal interference” in her human rights with fees costing more than £20,000.
52-year-old Mrs Mahabir was unable to live in the UK until 2018 and claims that the government failed to correctly record her immigration status in the 1970s.
BBC News
By Tom Symonds
image captionThe court ruled against the home secretary in the case
Relatives of a woman caught up in the Windrush scandal can apply for permission to live in Britain without paying thousands of pounds in fees, the High Court has ruled.
Charging the family of Lynda Mahabir would be a colossal interference in her human rights, the court said.
The fees would cost more than £20,000.
Mrs Mahabir, 52, was unable to live in the UK until 2018 and says the government didn t correctly record her immigration status in the 1970s.
Her case was similar to thousands of other Windrush victims.
I served 17 years in jail for a horrific rape I didn t commit - and now the DNA evidence proves it
Andrew Malkinson, 55, has always insisted that GMP got the wrong man
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Andy Malkinson could have served less than half the 17 years he was in prison - but he refused to admit the offence (Image: APPEAL.ORG.UK)
A man who served 17 years in jail for a horrific rape says he is innocent - and that he now has the DNA evidence to prove it.
Andrew Malkinson was 37 when he was found guilty of carrying out a violent sex attack on a mum-of-two by the M61 motorway in Little Hulton, Salford.