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The King was among those taking part in dozens of commemorative events. But the anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush ship in June 1948 comes as campaigners continue the fight for compensation for those who came to the UK and were wrongly detained and deported.
The scheme was set up after a scandal which saw people with a right to live in the UK lose access to work and be wrongfully detained or deported.
The scheme was set up after a scandal which saw people with a right to live in the UK lose access to work and be wrongfully detained or deported.
The scheme was set up after a scandal which saw people with a right to live in the UK lose access to work and be wrongfully detained or deported.
Empire Windrush brought one of the first large groups of post-war West Indian immigrants to the United Kingdom, carrying 1,027 passengers and two stowaways on a voyage from Jamaica to London in 1948