Windrush Veteran Facing Deportation Decries Compensation Scheme as Untrustworthy and Calls for Independent Management
• Army veteran Conroy Downie, 67, faced deportation in Windrush scandal; says government is "waiting for us to die off"
• Downie has helped thousands apply for Windrush compensation, which launched 5 years ago
• Calls for scheme to be removed from Home Office and run independently as victims don't trust it
• Downie was underpaid in compensation for years he was homeless due to lack of documentation
• Downie's daughter says when she asked wider community, she realized "nobody seemed to know" about the scheme