The Home Office

The Home Office located in Westminster is the British government's department that deals with domestic affairs, including immigration. This is the office accused of the Windrush Scandal. 

Home Office doubles time given to refugees to find accommodation

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.495692500000
Longitude: -0.129591500000

Timeline of Events Associated with The Home Office

Date Event Manage
2017

The Windrush Scandal

According to The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, the Windrush Scandal surfaced in 2017 after it was discovered that thousands of legal residents, known as the Windrush Generation who arrived in the UK from the Caribbean, between 1948 and 1973 were wrongly classified as undocumented immigrants by the Home Office. Due to a lack of formal documentation and the government's 2012 "Hostile Environment" policies, these individuals were subsequently denied access to employment, housing, healthcare, and welfare, leading to detentions, deportations, and immense personal hardship, despite having the legal right to live in the UK. The scandal continues as individuals are still seeking justice after in 2023 the Home Office failed to fulfill its promises in righting their wrongs to citizens. 

Photo: The Windrush Scandal Protests

Event: Windrush Scandal Explained - Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants

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 The Windrush Scandal Protests