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Evening Standard
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Sean Morrison and Sian Hewitt

Who are the Windrush Generation? Looking back on the 75th anniversary of historic journey

Today (June 22) marks 75 years since hundreds of Caribbeans disembarked the Empire Windrush ship in Tilbury Docks in Essex.

HMT Empire Windrush docked in Britain on June 22, 1948, and marked the beginning of a wave of immigration that helped repair post-war Britain.

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