VICTIMS of the Windrush scandal are still fighting for justice and compensation while the policies that caused them untold suffering continue to be enforced, campaigners warned today.

On Windrush Day, thousands marked the contribution of Commonwealth citizens in Britain and demanded justice for those who were wrongly deported, detained and denied legal rights.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan urged the government to end its hostile environment policy and cut the “extortionate fees” that immigrants are asked to fork out for citizenship.

“Many of the Windrush generation and their families are still struggling to access the advice and support they need, and it is clear that too many Londoners are still being failed by an immigration system that is prohibitively expensive and simply not fit for purpose,” he said.

Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn said the nation owed a “great debt” to those who came to rebuild it following the second world war and that “the fight for justice and to end the hostile environment continues.”

Institutions that employed many Commonwealth citizens, including the NHS and Transport for London, also expressed gratitude for their “remarkable contribution.”

Campaigners stressed that justice is still due for the victims of the Windrush scandal — who in at least 83 cases were wrongly deported by the Home Office — after it first emerged in 2017.

The government set up the Windrush Compensation Scheme two years ago after an inquiry, and eventually apologised for the “anxiety” its policies had caused.

But only 5 per cent of claims — 60 cases — under the scheme had been paid out when figures were published last month. 

And recommendations from the Windrush Lessons Learned Review have not been implemented despite ministers’ promises to never allow a repeat of the scandal. 

The review’s author, Wendy Williams, warned today of a “grave risk” that the scandal may be repeated if the report’s recommendations — which include a review of the hostile environment policy and education for ministers and Home Office staff on Britain’s colonial past — are not taken. 

And immigration lawyer Jacqueline McKenzie, who has represented over 200 of the scandal’s victims, said that Ms Williams’s review did not go far enough.

In a webinar hosted by the Greater London Authority, Ms McKenzie said that the review was comprehensive but failed to look past the Home Office — explaining that British immigration policy has been more broadly “underpinned by racism” for decades.

She said that the entire political Establishment “should be taken to task for what are effectively extremely racist immigration policies.”

“For this lessons-learned review to be meaningful, the recommendations that deal with culture and operations are one thing — but we’ve got to take a look at the laws … that are racist in their design.”

Ms McKenzie also criticised the new Windrush cross-government working group announced by Home Secretary Priti Patel today.

She claimed that there was not a single expert on the panel and criticised the creation of yet another review while recommendations of others are still to be implemented.

Events were held across the country to mark the day including a Stand Up to Racism rally in Windrush Square, Brixton.

The group said it was holding the event to “show our solidarity with the Windrush generation and call for justice for those whose lives have been ruined, and in some cases lost, and [for] the thousands who await compensation.”