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

The arrival of the Empire Windrush on June 22, 1948, became a symbol of the post-war migration that transformed the U.K. and its culture. The term “Windrush generation” has come to stand for hundreds of thousands of people who arrived in the U.K. between the late 1940s and early 1970s, especially those from former British colonies in the Caribbean. Windrush Day is being marked on Thursday with scores of community and official events, including a reception hosted by King Charles I...

Sophie, 58, was the image of summer style in a flowy white frock, adorned with colourful flower motifs, as she enjoyed the annual Berkshire event with her father Christopher Rhys Jones.

The Royal Mint, collaborating with artist Valda Jackson, honors the 75th anniversary of the HMT Empire Windrush with new 50p coins.

The HMT Empire Windrush first docked in England on June 22 1948 at Tilbury Docks in Essex.

Seventy-five years on, the descendants of the Windrush generation have come together in Ipswich in Suffolk to remember and celebrate their stories.

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

The Windrush generation rebuilt Britain's workforce in a post-war world, but the abhorrent racism and prejudice they faced continues to impact families to this day. We look back on the figures who made transformative change

Acclimatising to rain and racism.

Child of the Windrush generation, Estephanie Dunn, calls for the doctors and nurses who arrived 75 years ago to help Britain to be honoured by creating real change now