A boxer and victim of the Windrush scandal, who was left stranded in Jamaica for a decade, is bringing a high court challenge against the UK government.
According to the BBC, Vernon Vanriel claims the Home Office refused to fully compensate him for his loss of benefits after he was wrongly prevented from re-entering the UK.
The 67-year-old went to London at six years old in 1962 and went on a trip to Jamaica for two years in 2006.
In 2008, he was denied permission to re-enter the UK.
Battling for 13 years to prove his right to remain in the UK, suffering homelessness and poverty, Mr. Vanriel finally returned in 2018.
He later received a personal apology from former home secretary Priti Patel over the "shameful" injustice and hardship he suffered.
The government, defending against his claim, said he received "appropriate" compensation.
Mr. Vanriel was one of nearly 100 members of the Windrush generation the Home Office recently admitted it had wrongly removed from the UK.
In December 2021, he won a separate high court challenge over the Home Office's refusal to grant him British citizenship following his return to the UK.