A fund has been established to cater for those persons whose lives were disrupted by the so-called hostile environment policy instigated by then home secretary Theresa May.
Sajid Javid, the current UK home secretary, has announced that the government will pay up to £200 million in compensation to persons whose lives were adversely affected by the Home Office’s erroneous classification of thousands of long-term British residents as illegal immigrants.
The announcement comes a year after the UK government admitted culpability for its mistakes and the mistreatment of those targeted. Both the reform of its immigration system and compensation to those affected had been promised at that time.
