Article 3Z978 UK's Windrush scheme begins refusing people deemed ineligible for citizenship

UK's Windrush scheme begins refusing people deemed ineligible for citizenship

by
Jamie Grierson Home affairs correspondent
from World news | The Guardian on (#3Z978)

Applicants ruled out because of criminal convictions or lack of documentation

A specialist taskforce set up to help people who believe they are victims of the Windrush scandal is to start the process of refusing cases deemed to be ineligible for documentation or citizenship.

The Windrush taskforce was created after it emerged that long-term residents of Britain had been wrongly targeted by Theresa May's hostile environment policy to tackle illegal immigration and were being told to prove their right to be in the country or leave.

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