An elderly Windrush victim has to raise thousands of pounds to challenge his ban from the UK – even though the Home Office accepts it “may have been the result of an error” by a border official 36 years ago.
Reynold Simon-Thompson, 87, arrived in the UK from Trinidad in June 1959. He worked in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, for six years and was given settled status. He even travelled to France in 1964 and was let back into the UK with no issues or restrictions.
In May 1965 he went back to Trinidad to take up a new job, believing that he had indefinite leave to enter the UK, and that he would be able to return without restriction in the future.
