Priti Patel also announced an assessment of the “environment compliant” policy. (FILE)
London:
British Home Secretary Priti Patel on Tuesday promised a cultural change in her department, responsible for the country’s visa, as part of a review of “lessons learned” from the Windrush scandal, in which thousands of Legal migrants from the Commonwealth have been wrongly denied UK residence rights. .
The Indian-born Cabinet Minister outlined the actions taken by the UK Home Office in response to the review released earlier this year following the scandal two years ago, which wrongly denied the citizenship rights of certain Commonwealth citizens brought to Britain to address labor shortages following World War II.
The new measures will include comprehensive training for all who work in the Home Office to ensure they understand and appreciate the history of migration and race in this country. Each existing and new staff member working for the Home Office will need to undertake this learning.
“I am leading the change to implement the important findings of the lessons learned review to ensure that nothing like this can happen again,” Patel said.
“The steps I have taken will ensure a cultural shift within the department, leading to more diverse leadership. I want the Windrush generation to have no doubts that I will reform the culture of the department to better represent all of the people. communities we serve, ”she says.
The Windrush Generation refers to citizens of former British colonies who arrived in the UK before 1973 when the rights of these Commonwealth citizens to live and work in Britain underwent a legal change.
While a large portion of them were of Jamaican / Caribbean descent and came aboard the Empire ship Windrush on June 22, 1948, Indian and other South Asian immigrants from that time also fall into the category of Windrush generation.
As part of the new steps, the Home Office says there will be more emphasis on adopting a “more compassionate approach” to individual demands and that policymakers will be empowered to use their own discretion and pragmatism.
The department will also strengthen its engagement with civil society and the public at an early stage to gather evidence for policy making. A decision which, according to the minister, would change the “openness to examination” of the Ministry of the Interior.
To ensure the Home Office reflects the diverse communities it serves, various shortlists for senior positions and specialist mentoring will be introduced. This will ensure that more Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority (BAME) people will take up positions of responsibility to drive cultural change, ”the department said.
Ms Patel also announced an assessment of the “environment-compliant” policy and measures, which were considered tough on immigrants.
The assessment will help ensure that the right protections are in place to protect against immigration abuse, while ensuring that no one with a legal right to be here is wrongly penalized, the ministry said. ‘Interior.
This action, along with other ongoing work to implement the findings of Wendy Williams’ Lessons Learned Review, will help ensure that what happened to the Windrush generation does not happen again, he added.
All recommendations have been grouped into different work themes, to ensure that the lessons learned from the review are applied and disseminated in all Home Office activities.
The department said it was also introducing more diverse shortlists for senior jobs, with specialized mentoring and sponsorship programs to help develop a larger pool of talent.
The Home Office said a comprehensive improvement plan will be released by September, which will show how the ministry is implementing the recommendations from the “lessons learned” review.
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