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Windrush scandal continues as UK marks vital generation of immigrants

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When the ship the Empire Windrush docked in Tilbury in 1948 it sparked an influx of migrants from the Caribbean, but a government scandal rocked the sons and daughters of workers who helped rebuild post-war Britain



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Brits are today celebrating Windrush Day, despite an ongoing scandal in which people were wrongly deported from the UK.

The day celebrates when black immigrants from the Caribbean migrated to the UK in search of work, filling the huge labour shortages left after World War 2.




This year’s Windrush Day is marking 74 years since Caribbean immigrants arrived in the UK and a new statue, funded to the tune of £1 million, has been unveiled at Waterloo Station.

Windrush is an important landmark in recent British history and changed the UK forever.

The History Press notes: “The image of West Indians filing off the ship’s gangplank is often used to symbolise the beginning of modern British multicultural society.”

However, with ongoing scandals including the Home Office’s lack of payments to those owed compensation, some argue the day is an important reminder of what still needs to be improved.


What was Windrush?

Windrush was a ship that brought immigrants to the UK(SSPL)

The term ‘Windrush generation’ now comes from the ship seen as symbol of immigrants who came over to fill vacant jobs left after millions of people were killed in World War 2

The Empire Windrush was a passenger ship that transported Caribbean immigrants to the UK in a highly publicised event on June 22, 1948.

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