#Windrush

71 years ago today the Empire Windrush Ship arrived to the UK, bringing 100s of Caribbean people who had been ‘invited’ to provide their labour for the English economy. 71

Migration Museum

Today is #WindrushDay2020. 72 years ago, the Empire Windrush docked in Tilbury, Essex. On board were hundreds of people from the Caribbean, invited by the British government to take up

1/5 Today is #WindrushDay. It marks the day 72 years ago when the Empire Windrush ship arrived here at Tilbury Docks and gave its name to a generation of migrants

NEW: Like rebuilding Britain in 1948, the battle against #COVID19 has seen a generation of Black migrants asked to help. But after their experiences of racism, would they? I spoke

Today is June 22nd, Windrush Day "WELCOME HOME!" was the Evening Standard headline, as the paper sent a plane to greet the Windrush in 1948. That headline was because a

Guy's and St Thomas'

Our infection control nurse Latchmin Gargee was one of the last of the Windrush generation to arrive in Britain, travelling in 1971 from Trinidad and Tobago to embark on a

Talawa Theatre Co

TalawaTheatreCo

#WindrushDay 2020 – Talawa was set up by a Caribbean born generation who came here to establish careers in theatre, and by doing so, changing perceptions of Black people in

Nadine Batchelor-Hunt

1/ I've FINALLY realised why I've felt somewhat numb & bewildered to all this Cummings stuff On a scale of Cummings/Tory behaviour, a drive to Durham pales in comparison to

We live-tweeted the evidence of @MatthewRycroft1 at the @CommonsPAC, chaired by @Meg_HillierMP and feat. @YvetteCooperMP (chair of @CommonsHomeAffs) precisely 22 days ago. Mr Rycroft was giving evidence on the Windrush

Elena Remigi #In Limbo #The5Million 🇪🇺🇮🇹🇬🇧

I’ve just received this letter from @theresa_may. Where do I start? “I was proud to deliver changes which made a real difference to people’s lives?” What changes? Do you refer

Deportations: A ThreadNext week the Home Office has chartered a flight to Jamaica, intending to deport people who have been in the UK their whole lives.Today the #Stansted15 appeal their

YesPeopleofColour

No political party in Wales adequately has addressed racism in #Welsh society. Not Plaid, not Labour, not the Lib Dems, not the Welsh National Party and definitely not the Conservative

ThreadGASLIGHT, v: to manipulate by psychological means causing a person to doubt their own sanity.This is a thread about an ongoing limb of the #WindrushInjustice that isn’t well reported +

Hounslow Council

The murder of George Floyd & the Black Lives Matter movement makes us think about the actions we can take to address the scourge of racism.Here’s one thing you can

Aja🇯🇲🇬🇧⚢

Racism from my experience Over the last few days I've been called a racist,a supporter of a racist & told that I don't know what racism is.I remember (as a

After the War, Smythe (along with many other Servicemen, including Trinidadian Ulric Cross) were consulted by Whitehall over whether West Indian workers who returned to their homes should be allowed