VICTIMS of the Windrush deportation scandal have still not received compensation payments, with many of their claims not even acknowledged by the Home Office months later, campaigners warned today.

The Windrush compensation scheme was launched in April this year.

But one advice centre helping victims in the Midlands said: “We have not had one response to any of the claims we have made and which have gone in since the scheme was introduced.”

The Windrush scandal is named after the ship the Empire Windrush, which in 1948 brought migrants from the West Indies to Britain in response to a British government appeal for labour.

In 2018, hundreds of Windrush-generation residents — some of whom arrived in Britain as infants — were wrongfully detained, thrown out of work, lost their homes, were denied benefits and medical care, or even deported through the Tories’ “hostile environment” project against immigrants.

Exposure of the scandal in 2018 led to the resignation of then home secretary Amber Rudd and the introduction this year of the compensation scheme.

Yesterday, lawyers acting on behalf of some victims through the Black Cultural Archives (BCA) group said they are yet to speak to any victims who have received a final payout, with many waiting months for a response.

The BCA’s managing director Arike Oke said the scheme “is yet to provide payments for people who have suffered, and are suffering, as a result of government errors and policy.”

Lawyer Jamie Beagent of legal firm Leigh Day, representing around 30 victims, said “absolutely nothing” had been offered in formal payouts to any of his clients.

Daniel Ashwell of Wolverhampton’s Refugee and Migrant Centre, which is assisting victims, said: “We have not had one response to any of the claims we have made. For certain we have had no compensation payments here.”

Dawn Hill of BCA said: “It’s going very slowly. Somebody needs to get a grip of this whole situation.”

The Home Office said it was “wrong to claim that no compensation payments have been made,” but refused to confirm how many had been finalised — saying more information would be provided in due course.