The Repair Campaign, a movement for reparatory justice in the Caribbean, has welcomed the upcoming visit of a delegation from the CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC) to the United Kingdom this week (November 17-20) as another important step in building support for reparatory justice.

It follows successful briefings earlier this year to the UK and EU parliaments, organised by The Repair Campaign and involving a delegation of activists and researchers in the reparations movement from across the Caribbean. The delegation included highly respected Caribbean academics and leaders of their countries’ CARICOM reparations committees, who met with high-ranking government representatives, including members of parliament and the House of Lords, to mobilise support for reparations in Europe.

Denis O’Brien, founder of The Repair Campaign, said: “The CRC’s visit to the UK is a welcome boost to our shared goal of pushing reparations up the political agenda, following our own delegation’s visit in July which clearly highlighted the support that exists for reparations, both in the European and UK Parliaments.

“We have been working closely with the CRC since The Repair Campaign was established three years ago, including on the development of socio-economic reparatory justice plans for each CARICOM State to address the enduring effects of slavery and colonialism.

“Our own awareness-raising activities across the Caribbean, UK and the EU have shown public and political support for meaningful repair for the Caribbean is growing, and we are pleased to see the CRC now further progressing this work.”

UK public awareness of Britain’s role in the Transatlantic Slave Trade

A poll commissioned by The Repair Campaign in 2025 of more than 2,000 adults in the UK shows a significant gap in public knowledge about Britain’s role in transatlantic slavery and colonialism, with increased support for a formal apology and financial reparations to Caribbean nations over the previous 12 months.

The poll found:

1. 85 per cent were unaware that more than 3 million people were forcibly shipped from Africa to the Caribbean by Britain during the transatlantic slave trade.

1. 89 per cent did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for over 300 years.
2. 63 per cent now agree that Caribbean nations and descendants of enslaved people should receive a formal apology – an increase of four per cent over the 2024 poll
3. 40 per cent support financial reparations – a four per cent increase on the previous year’s poll.

The Repair Campaign’s work with CARICOM

The Repair Campaign’s approach is guided by the CARICOM Ten Point Plan for Reparatory Justice and the CARICOM Reparations Commission. It aims to amplify Caribbean voices and foster meaningful dialogue.

The Repair Campaign has engaged the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) at the University of the West Indies to develop 15 country-specific reparatory justice plans to address the enduring effects of slavery and colonialism, ensuring calls for reparatory justice are evidence-based and bring about real and lasting change for the Caribbean.