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And work here wrongly deported or detained because they werent given proof of status by the home office. 2015, i received a deportation letter. that was shocking, that was hurtful, painful, and my family wasnt. .. well, you know, everybody was very sad. so what would your message to the home office be? people are dying. folks from the windrush era are dying who have made claims and are waiting. in a statement, the home office told the bbc it is committed to righting the wrongs of windrush and th...

Events will be held at the Port of Tilbury where the Empire Windrush ship arrived on June 22 1948.

Sir Trevor McDonald, Mel B, Alesha Dixon and Judi Love will also meet members of the Windrush Generation to hear their stories.

Events will be held at the Port of Tilbury where the Empire Windrush ship arrived on June 22 1948.

Events will be held at the Port of Tilbury where the Empire Windrush ship arrived on June 22 1948.

Events will be held at the Port of Tilbury where the Empire Windrush ship arrived on June 22 1948.

June 22 marks the 75th anniversary of the Empire Windrush first docking in England.

For the 44 Guyanese on board, the muddy brown water may have been a consoling memory of home. For the much larger cohort of Jamaicans, numbering more than 500 as the Empire Windrush arrived on June 22, 1948, the sight of Tilbury Docks was likely to be a startling realisation that a new life, markedly different to the old, awaited. The vibrant seascape of the Caribbean must have felt a long way away.

Events will be held at the Port of Tilbury where the Empire Windrush ship arrived on June 22 1948.

A new display of photographs shares the journey of the Windrush generation before, during and after arriving in the UK From 1948 to 1971, a remarkable chapter…