The new measures will include comprehensive training for everyone working in the Home Office to ensure they understand and appreciate the history of migration and race in this country.
London:
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.
"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 Tuesday.
"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 arrived aboard the Empire ship Windrush on June 22, 1948, Indian and other South Asian immigrants from that time also fall into the category of the Windrush generation.
As part of the new steps, the Home Office says more emphasis will be placed 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.
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