""It has been difficult, washing in the shopping centre toilets, having to ask friends for food to eat or asking people in the library for food vouchers. That's an awkward thing when you're used to being independent.""
""It's hard to understand why it is taking so long to sort out. I was schooled here, my children and grandchildren grew up here, my great-granddaughter is here. I'm part of this country.""
"'There was a fear of being deported'"
George Campbell, a 69-year-old Windrush-generation man who arrived from Jamaica as a nine-year-old, spent several months homeless and destitute after officials questioned his right to live in the UK. He stayed in a bus shelter, used food banks, and lacked paperwork proving legal residence. Council officials classified him as ineligible for state-funded homelessness support because of the missing documentation. The Home Office Windrush team was alerted but took months to confirm his status and grant proof of immigration status. His state pension claims were rejected despite a lifetime of working and paying taxes, leaving him reliant on charity and night shelter accommodation.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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