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. When he attempted to join his parents, both of whom were settled in the UK, his application was...
Charlotte Tobierre
Charlotte Tobierre was born in Essex to parents of Saint Lucian and English heritage. She became an active member of Windrush Lives as she came increasingly aware of the problems that faced member of the Caribbean-descended communities. Her father, Thomas Tobierre,...
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. In this interview he talks about his life in the UK and how a trip to Ghana resulted in the confiscation of his passport.
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
Without a passport or birth certificate he initially found it difficult to provide that he’d been living in the UK for decades and thus unable to obtain the required document. Around the stay time his mother passed away and his wife was diagnosed with stage four...
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
