Veronica Ryan and the Windrush

On one Tuesday in June, 72 years ago, the HMT Empire Windrush completed its 8000-mile journey from the Caribbean to Tilbury in Essex. Many young men and women getting off board eager to work hard into the British economy. After World War II, Britain found itself with a critical labor shortage; these young people were actively encouraged and invited by the British government to travel to the UK and take up the overabundant job vacancies on offer that hadn't been filled. Overall, between 1948 and