The Windrush Legacy: Uncovering the Truth and Celebrating 75 Years.

Newly uncovered confidential government communications reveal that officials did not want Caribbean migrants to come to Britain, even before the arrival of the HMT Empire Windrush in 1948. The documents show that the government was creating programmes to recruit workers from abroad, particularly from Europe and, in some cases, the colonies, while simultaneously discouraging British subjects in the Caribbean from filling those gaps. The Windrush has taken on mythic proportions, with its name acting as a shorthand means of referring to all Caribbean migrants who came to Britain between 1948 and 1971.