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The Windrush generation courageously came to Britain to take on skilled jobs. The Caribbean migrants, many of whom had served Britain during the war, worked in coal and iron production, kept public transport running by driving buses and trains, and staffed the newly established National Health Service.

Catherine Ross, a member of the Windrush generation who travelled to Britain from the Caribbean when she was just seven, has explained why celebrating Windrush Day is so important

They celebrated Windrush Day at my children’s school today. Windrush Day was introduced four years ago, on the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush to Tilbury Docks, Essex and its aim is to “recognise and thank all those who arrived on Empire Windrush and their descendants, for…

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were carrying out engagements on Windrush Day.

The statue will be revealed at London Waterloo station to mark Windrush Day 2022.

The artworks will be unveiled on Windrush Day, which honours the British Caribbean community, and the half a million people who travelled to the UK

Exclusive: ‘Windrush Day will continue to be bittersweet as the scandal is still present and the needs of the survivors have not been met’

The monument will be revealed at Waterloo Station on Wednesday to mark Windrush Day.

Saturday 22 June marks the sixth national Windrush Day which commemorating the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush. However, the Windrush scandal’s painful legacy is very much ongoing.