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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.
Mrs Mahabir took the government to court claiming the financial impact of the fees had separated her from her husband, Winston, and five children.
Her lawyers argued this was a breach of her right to family life, and discriminated against her relatives.
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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.
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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.