THE Windrush scandal is “far from over,” campaigners have warned as an elderly man spent months homeless after being questioned on whether he had the right to live in Britain.

George Campbell was forced to sleep at a bus station in east London and rely on food banks after council officials ruled him ineligible for homelessness support because the 69-year-old had no paperwork proving his legal status.

Although the Home Office’s Windrush team was alerted to the urgency of his case in early October, it took months for officials to confirm that he was living in Britain legally and issue proof of his status. 

Mr Campbell remains in a night shelter supported by a charity, after his attempts to claim a state pension were also rejected, despite a lifetime of work and paying taxes.

“It has been difficult, washing in the shopping centre toilets, having to ask friends for food to eat or asking people in the library for food vouchers,” Mr Campbell told the Guardian.

“I was schooled here, my children and grandchildren grew up here, my great-granddaughter is here. I’m part of this country.”

Mr Campbell travelled from Jamaica in the mid-1960s, aged nine, to join his mother, a nurse working in a London hospital. 

Pauline Campbell of Justice4Windrush said Mr Campbell’s story “strikes at the very heart” of the scandal, adding: “It reflects the experiences of countless victims and survivors, showing just how deeply the harm runs for those affected. 

“What makes matters even worse is the absence of legal aid, leaving people like George without the specialist support they need to navigate a system that is not only unjust, but one that undermines the dignity of the very individuals who came here to help rebuild the UK.” 

Black Activists Against Cuts’s Zita Holbourne said that Mr Campbell’s case “ought to have been turned around and actioned within days, not months.”

“The Home Office has a lot to answer for, and this demonstrates that the Windrush Scandal is far from over,” she said.

“Until the government have addressed all the wrongs they have done to the Windrush Generation… they should stop detaining and deporting people.”

A Home Office spokesperson said: “We are already in touch with Mr Campbell’s representative to resolve his living situation.” 

Campaigners are lobbying for a public inquiry into ongoing Windrush-related cases.