#WidenWindrush campaign for descendants/family of Windrush Generation

MFJ’s #WidenWindrush Campaign is a legal and political campaign to win an amendment to the Windrush Scheme. Currently the descendants and family members of the Windrush Generation – those who came after 1973 & 1988 are excluded from using the Windrush Taskforce (who operate the Windrush Scheme) to regularise their stay. This is because of the racism encoded in British Immigration legislation of 1968, 1971 and 1981 – we see #WidenWindrush as a step in the fight to challenge these and subsequent racist laws.

This page gathers together resources and information about the campaign.

Read our submission to the Windrush Lessons learned Review, this outlines the history of these racist laws and our perspective for what needs to happen to reverse the injustice that led to the Windrush Scandal: MFJ Windrush Lessons Learned Review
MPs Briefing: This explains clearly what we are asking from politicians who through a simple amendment to the Windrush Scheme could open the door to citizenship for thousands currently at risk of detention and deportation. It includes some examples of case studies for who is affected by this narrowness of the Windrush Scheme. Widen Windrush briefing paper
Please donate to help build the campaign here
Use our Trade Union Widen Windrush Model motion to get your Trade or Student Union supporting the #WidenWindrush campaign
Watch videos from our events on our Vimeo #WidenWindrush Channel
One of the UK’s largest Trade Unions UNISON supports #WidenWindrush campaign following unanimous vote at their National Delegate Conference 2019 (relevant excerpts pictured below from Composite H, find full motion in composite booklet here)

MPs supporting the campaign to #WidenWindrush

Janet Daby, Labour, Lewisham East
David Lammy, Labour, Tottenham
Diane Abbott, Labour, Shadow Home Secretary, Hackney North
Afzal Khan, Labour, Shadow Minister Immigration, Manchester Gorton
Dawn Butler, Labour, Shadow women & Equalities, Brent Central
Lyn Brown, Labour, West Ham
Catherine West, Labour, Hornsey & Wood Green
Sandy Martin, Labour, Ipswich
Khalid Mahmood, Labour, Birmingham Perry Barr
Marsha de Cordova, Labour, Battersea
Chi Onwurah, Labour, Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Lucy Powell, Labour, Manchester Central
Vicky Foxcroft, Labour, Lewisham deptford
Stephen Timms, Labour, East Ham
Virendra Sharma, labour, Ealing Southall
Caroline Lucas, Green, Brighton Pavillion
Peter grant, SNP, Glenrothes
Shabana Mahmood, Labour, Birmingham Ladywood

Don’t see your MP listed? Use this page to find your MP and their contact details, download the briefing paper above, send it to them asking them to support the campaign to widen the Windrush Scheme – if you affected let them know about your situation as well.