The continuing Windrush scandal

Three years after the government apologised for the Windrush scandal – which saw thousands of British people wrongly classified as illegal immigrants with catastrophic consequences – the promised reform of the Home Office and the controversial hostile environment has not materialised. A compensation scheme has paid out very little money. Amelia Gentleman, Guardian journalist and author of The Windrush Betrayal, Exposing the Hostile Environment, asks why justice remains elusive for so many of those affected.