Through in-depth oral history interviews, Windrush scandal survivors share their difficult stories. You can learn how their rights were gravely affected by changes to British citizenship and immigration laws. In this section, we also celebrate their tireless efforts to campaign for recognition, denounce injustice and call for redress and real change. Please visit the Interview Keywords section at the bottom of this page for an indexation of all main interview themes.
Alexander Prospere
Alexander arrived in the UK in February 1961, aged 19. He obtained his British Passport in 1971 and it expired in 1981. He paid £10 for the passport and £5 to register as British. When it expired he was told he had to apply for a St Lucian passport and that was...
Anonymous Windrush Survivor
Anonymous Windrush Survivor was born in the Eastern Caribbean and brought up by extended members of his family. His father, who had been settled in the UK since the early 1960s had hoped 'Anon' would join the rest of the UK family when he was 15. Unable to travel...
Charlotte Tobierre
Charlotte Tobierre was born in Essex to parents of Saint Lucian and English heritage and is an active member of Windrush Lives. Her father, Thomas Tobierre, became a victim of the scandal in 2017 after decades of being settled in the UK and has also been...
Jerome Chew A Tow
Jerome Chew A Tow was born in British Guiana in the late 1930s and came to the UK when he was 18 years old on a British CUKC passport. In 1972 on hearing that his mother was ill, Jerome decided to travel to Guyana. He had been settled in the UK for 17 years...
Richard Black
Richard Black was born in Saint Lucia and grew up in the UK. He found himself locked out and de facto stateless when he travelled with his then wife for an extended holiday in Trinidad. While overseas, his Home Office-issued passport expired. At around the same...
Thomas Tobierre
Thomas Tobierre worked in the UK for much of his life. One day he was asked to evidence his right to work in the UK. He did not have a copy of his birth certificate and had never had need of a passport. Around the stay time his mother passed away and his wife was...
Windrush Survivor Interview Keywords: Africa | airlines | Alexander Prospere | Anonymous Windrush Scandal Survivor | biometrics | birth certificate | British Petroleum Trinidad and Tobago (BPTT) | British West Indies Airways (BWIA) | carnival | Channel 4 | Charlotte Tobierre | Citizen of the UK and Colonies (CUKC) | Euen Herbert-Small | Heathrow Airport | Home Office | homelessness | India | Jacqueline McKenzie | Jamaica | Jerome Chew A Tow | London | media | mental health | Nadine White | National Health Service (NHS) | naturalisation | oil and gas | Pakistan | passport | Passport Office | Port of Spain | Priti Patel | Richard Black | Saint James | Saint Lucia | Saint Lucia High Commission | Saint Lucian independence 1979 | Sajid Javid | scoping project | Sky News | statelessness | Suella Braverman | suitcase | The Independent | Thomas Tobierre | unemployment | visa | Windrush Compensation Scheme | Windrush Help Team | Windrush Scandal Survivor | winter
