The Guardian has learned that allegations of racism and discrimination between Home Office teams in the wake of the Windersh scandal have prompted an internal investigation and the resignation of a senior official, the Guardian reported.

The party’s most senior Black Home officer employee responsible for the Windersh compensation project resigned earlier this year, and the scheme could be described as systematically racist and unintentional.

The Guardian also learned that previous internal investigations began as a result of separate allegations of discrimination within a separate Home Office team investigating the causes of the Windersh scandal.

About 20 members of the staff were interviewed about Wendy Williams’ review of the Independent Windsor lesson, following allegations of racial discrimination by members of the minority ethnic group.

Former barrister Alexandra Ankrah, who served as policy chief for the Windersh Compensation Project, said she lost confidence in such a program because she complained that she was “not a supporter of the victims” and that she did not recognize them as “trauma”.

He rejected various proposals to improve the project, he said. “The results speak for themselves: the transparency of monetization, the reluctance to provide information and direction that the general public can understand.”

He was devastated that multiple Home Office staff responsible for the compensation project had previously assisted in the implementation of hostile environmental policies that had caused so many problems for the claimants.

At the end of October, the compensation scheme lasted 18 months and paid only 1. 1.6 million to 196 people. Officials originally hoped to apply thousands and estimated that in the end the government would have to pay between m 200m and 570m out of at least nine people who died before they could receive compensation.

Ankara’s concerns were echoed by bloggers heard from the lesson-teaching review, who felt uncomfortable that they were infecting staff in the style of a home office race. “The irony is that the worst review team was investigating what the Home Office thinks What it felt was an injustice in the past was doing so in a way that captures all the systematic racism that exists in the Home Office, ”said a member of a group who was interviewed as part. Internal investigation said.

Ankrah Windersh worked as the policy head of the compensation scheme from March 2019 to April 2020, when he resigned and moved to another home office department. He left the Home Office in August 2020 to take a job at the NHS.

He said he had expressed concerns to his bosses at various times about what he felt was systematic racism within the project. “It’s not just racism. “The victim is not willing to look at the situation with any curiosity or real concern, most of whom were elderly and ill,” he said. As a result, a group of mainly blacks and Asians were being “re-hit” by the compensation scheme, he said.

He said an elderly colleague had always criticized him for “seeing things in the color prism” and that he had been censored “for standing outside and throwing stones.”

As the only black senior member of the team, he was “annoyed” with the threat and asked: “[If] I was throwing stones from outside – who put me outside? He felt that his role in the compensation team was marginal and that his experience as a professional had been diminished or underestimated.

“I am not a dissatisfied worker; I’m not bringing an employment tribunal claim – it wasn’t about my work. It was about fulfilling the promise of this government that was damaged by a lot of people, ”he said.

He described taking on the role because he wanted to help in the process of ensuring justice for the Winders generation, but was soon concerned about the supply of the team.

The figure offered a simpler, simpler-English version of the compensation application form, as well as a broader understanding of the families of those who died before the claim was met. He also gave advice on how to help widows and children.

He said he wanted to help people prove that their treatment had a detrimental effect on their lives but his suggestions were ignored. “The purpose of this project was to allow people to create their own applications without the need for legal advice. The direction, however, was weak; This means it is not appropriate

Ankara’s main concern was that many of the compensation workers had immigration backgrounds, or were still working in the home department’s section. “These are the very same people who didn’t question the Windersh situation at first,” he said. “It’s unusual, isn’t it the same bit of the agency in charge of the complaint? There are usually some types of separation to show your credibility

He was also upset by the many comments he made about the attitude of Ankara Hall Home Office staff. He said staff were concerned about the payment and told him: “People should be happy with what they get.” He added: “A lawyer at the Home Office was telling me: ‘If they died without a will, too bad, they should have made a will.’

When he tried to speed up the payment for a terminally ill claimant, colleagues began discussing “whether he should be paid a quarterly amount or a very modest amount.” He felt some remarks “betrayed the complete lack of humanity”.

In 2018, three separate teams were formed to correct mistakes against the Windersh generation. In addition to the compensation scheme, the Windersh Taskforce has been widely praised for providing immediate documentation to about 13,000 people as illegal immigrants.

Separately, left-wing workers working on the Windersh lesson review – the third unit set up in the wake of the scandal – expressed concern that they had not been invited to key workshops and had not given speeches at meetings, Whistleblowers told the Guardian.

After staff members tried to raise concerns internally, a complaint was made to the chairman of the Race Board of the Home Office. As a result, a home office human resources team was instructed to do some work to ensure that the team was “moving forward on the path to creating an inclusive work environment.”

An internal investigation was also launched, and a government employee in charge of the military and diversification of about 20 members working on the review was interviewed at length in 2000. The findings of the internal investigation were not shared with the team, although it is understood to have seen a lack of inclusion.

Who is the Windersh generation?

They are people who came to the UK after the Second World War from the Caribbean at the invitation of the British government. The first team arrived in June 1948 aboard the MV Empire Windersh.

What happened to them?

An estimated 50,000 people are at risk of deportation if they do not formalize their residence status and do not have the necessary documents to prove it.

Why now?

It was raised from a policy laid down by Theresa May during her tenure as Home Secretary, in order to build Uni as a ‘truly hostile environment for illegal immigrants’. It requires employers, NHS workers, private landlords and other agencies to demand proof of citizenship or immigration status of the people.

Why don’t they have proper paperwork and status?

Some children, often traveling on their parents’ passports, were never formally created naturally and many left the UK before becoming independent in the countries where they were born, so they assumed they were British. In some cases they did not apply for a passport. Home Office people did not keep records of entry into the country and granted leave, which was granted to anyone who had lived in the country continuously since January 1, 1973.

What did the government try and did to solve the problem?

A Home Office team was formed to ensure that long-term UK residents of Commonwealth-descent would no longer be identified as illegally classified in the UK. However, the cases will be resolved within two weeks after the promise of one minister, many have become destitute. In November 2018, Home Secretary Sajid Javid revealed that at least 11 Britons had died in deportation by mistake. In April 2019, the government agreed to pay up to 200 million in compensation.

Photograph: Douglas Miller / Halton Archives

The Wendy Williams Lesson Learned on the Causes of the Windsor Scandal The review was published in March 2018 and was highly critical of the Home Office, although the department’s decision not to describe it as an institutional racist was disputed – a word found in previous drafts

The final version, however, condemns “institutional ignorance and thinking about racial issues” within the Home Office and includes four recommendations on how the department can improve its record on race, diversity and inclusion.

A Home Office spokesman said he would not comment on the department’s staffing, but added: “We take any allegation of racism very seriously and any allegation is thoroughly investigated by the department.”

“We reject any suggestion that the Windersh Compensation Scheme is discriminatory or that it does not support victims. It was designed to take the victim’s interest to heart and to cover any imaginary situation that a person might have found on their own. This project is more inclusive and open than any other compensation scheme in the UK. “