Tory tissue of lies and deceit continues to unravel...
The Home Office was repeatedly warned that Windrush generation residents had been wrongly classified as being in the country illegally as long ago as 2013, according to immigration advice experts.
After Capita was awarded a Home Office contract in 2012 to help target around 174,000 migrants who had overstayed their visas, pro bono legal advisers said they began to be contacted by older, Caribbean-born individuals concerned that they were receiving text messages and letters advising them to leave the country. The advisers contacted the Home Office to tell them this group had been wrongly targeted.
The detail about the warnings given to the Home Office undermines the credibility of briefings the department gave to the media last month, claiming that until mid-April this year officials had been convinced that only a handful of people were affected by the Windrush scandal.
The chief executive of a large law centre said his staff quickly became aware that the Home Office was wrongly targeting people who would now be recognised as Windrush residents, and that they made departmental staff aware of their concerns.
Some people were sent text messages stating: “Our records show you may not have leave to remain in the UK”. Others received letters telling them: “If you do not have the right to remain in the UK, you must make immediate arrangements to leave the United Kingdom.”
Arten Llazari, the RMC’s chief executive, said: “The Capita 2012 contract effectively outsourced part of the creation of the hostile environment to the private sector. In the process many vulnerable citizens, mostly of Caribbean descent, were harassed and repeatedly threatened with deportation.
“Charities and concerned MPs have been highlighting what is now known as the Windrush scandal to the Home Office since at least 2013 to no avail.”
Caseworkers were contacted in large numbers from 2013 onwards by older West Indian people who were “extremely baffled” to have received the texts and letters. Apart from repeatedly informing the Home Office of the mistakes, caseworkers also alerted local MPs, who contacted the Home Office, Llazari said.
So, it was found out on Treeza's watch as HS.
Treeza is guilty of being asleep on watch.
Treeza should go.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... xperts-say
Tory tissue of lies and deceit continues to unravel...
The Home Office was repeatedly warned that Windrush generation residents had been wrongly classified as being in the country illegally as long ago as 2013, according to immigration advice experts.
After Capita was awarded a Home Office contract in 2012 to help target around 174,000 migrants who had overstayed their visas, pro bono legal advisers said they began to be contacted by older, Caribbean-born individuals concerned that they were receiving text messages and letters advising them to leave the country. The advisers contacted the Home Office to tell them this group had been wrongly targeted.
The detail about the warnings given to the Home Office undermines the credibility of briefings the department gave to the media last month, claiming that until mid-April this year officials had been convinced that only a handful of people were affected by the Windrush scandal.
The chief executive of a large law centre said his staff quickly became aware that the Home Office was wrongly targeting people who would now be recognised as Windrush residents, and that they made departmental staff aware of their concerns.
Some people were sent text messages stating: “Our records show you may not have leave to remain in the UK”. Others received letters telling them: “If you do not have the right to remain in the UK, you must make immediate arrangements to leave the United Kingdom.”
Arten Llazari, the RMC’s chief executive, said: “The Capita 2012 contract effectively outsourced part of the creation of the hostile environment to the private sector. In the process many vulnerable citizens, mostly of Caribbean descent, were harassed and repeatedly threatened with deportation.
“Charities and concerned MPs have been highlighting what is now known as the Windrush scandal to the Home Office since at least 2013 to no avail.”
Caseworkers were contacted in large numbers from 2013 onwards by older West Indian people who were “extremely baffled” to have received the texts and letters. Apart from repeatedly informing the Home Office of the mistakes, caseworkers also alerted local MPs, who contacted the Home Office, Llazari said.
So, it was found out on Treeza's watch as HS.
Treeza is guilty of being asleep on watch.
Treeza should go.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/may/08/home-office-told-of-windrush-errors-five-years-ago-experts-say