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Windrush victim rejects 'insulting' offer of L22,000 payout
Source: The Guardian
Windrush victim rejects 'insulting' offer of £22,000 payout
Glenda Caesar, who was out of work for a decade, says Home Office is offering ‘crumbs’
Amelia Gentleman
@ameliagentleman
Tue 17 Dec 2019 15.58 GMT
Last modified on Tue 17 Dec 2019 16.48 GMT
The recipient of one of the first Windrush compensation offers has said she plans to turn it down, describing the government’s offer as insultingly low because it covers only a year’s loss of earnings even though she was out of work for a decade.
Glenda Caesar, 58, came to Britain legally as a three-month-old child in 1961 from Dominica, and has lived in the UK ever since. She was sacked from her job as an administrator in a GP’s practice in 2009 and was subsequently denied unemployment benefits.
The Home Office has calculated that she should receive £22,264 in compensation to cover loss of earnings, impact on family life and the distress caused by being wrongly detained on one occasion at Gatwick airport for a few hours.
Caesar got heavily into debt as a result of the Home Office’s refusal to believe she was living in the UK legally, and owes £10,000 in rent arrears. Caesar’s daughter, who is deaf, shared her disability benefits with her mother to help her buy food.
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Glenda Caesar, who was out of work for a decade, says Home Office is offering ‘crumbs’
Amelia Gentleman
@ameliagentleman
Tue 17 Dec 2019 15.58 GMT
Last modified on Tue 17 Dec 2019 16.48 GMT
The recipient of one of the first Windrush compensation offers has said she plans to turn it down, describing the government’s offer as insultingly low because it covers only a year’s loss of earnings even though she was out of work for a decade.
Glenda Caesar, 58, came to Britain legally as a three-month-old child in 1961 from Dominica, and has lived in the UK ever since. She was sacked from her job as an administrator in a GP’s practice in 2009 and was subsequently denied unemployment benefits.
The Home Office has calculated that she should receive £22,264 in compensation to cover loss of earnings, impact on family life and the distress caused by being wrongly detained on one occasion at Gatwick airport for a few hours.
Caesar got heavily into debt as a result of the Home Office’s refusal to believe she was living in the UK legally, and owes £10,000 in rent arrears. Caesar’s daughter, who is deaf, shared her disability benefits with her mother to help her buy food.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/dec/17/windrush-victim-rejects-insulting-offer-of-22000-payout-compensation