"A Windrush victim has criticised delays to the compensation scheme and claimed the lack of contact from the Home Office about her husband's claim has left her hospitalised with stress. Hetticia and Vanderbilt McIntosh, both 70, moved to the UK when they were just six-years-old in the 1960s, but were forced back to the Caribbean after they were both mistakenly refused new British passports in the late 1970s."
"The couple and their children would fly back and forth between the UK and the Caribbean, before the couple were finally granted new British passports in 2020, just as the Windrush scandal was being uncovered. Mrs McIntosh was refused compensation three times, before finally receiving a 40,000 offer this year, but her husband received a nil offer. She said that the devastating moment they were forced to leave the UK changed the entire trajectory of their lives."
The Independent covers reproductive rights, climate change and Big Tech and funds on-the-ground reporting through reader donations. The outlet investigates political finance and produces documentaries such as 'The A Word' while keeping content free of paywalls. A Windrush victim criticised delays to the compensation scheme and said lack of contact from the Home Office about her husband's claim left her hospitalised with stress. Hetticia and Vanderbilt McIntosh moved to the UK as children, were denied passports in the late 1970s, and were granted passports in 2020. Mrs McIntosh received a 40,000 offer after three refusals while her husband received none, and she links the saga to a 17-day hospitalisation in October 2025.
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