Jamaican immigrants arriving at Tibury Docks in Essex, 22 June 1948.'The former troop ship 'Empire Windrush' arrived at Tilbury Docks this morning with 450 Jamaicans, mostly Royal Air Force ex-servicemen, aboard. They have come to Britain to escape their island's unemployment problem. Until they are absorbed into British industry, some of the men will be accomodated at the Colonial Hostel in Wimpole Street in London, whilst others will be staying in the deep air raid shelters on Clapham Common. Some of the immigrants on board the Empire Windrush.' Photograph by Jones. (Photo by Daily Herald Archive/SSPL/Getty Images)
Jamaican immigrants arriving at Tibury Docks in Essex, 22 June 1948.’The former troop ship ‘Empire Windrush’ arrived at Tilbury Docks this morning with 450 Jamaicans, mostly Royal Air Force ex-servicemen, aboard. They have come to Britain to escape their island’s unemployment problem. Until they are absorbed into British industry, some of the men will be accomodated at the Colonial Hostel in Wimpole Street in London, whilst others will be staying in the deep air raid shelters on Clapham Common. Some of the immigrants on board the Empire Windrush.’ Photograph by Jones. (Photo by Daily Herald Archive/SSPL/Getty Images)
News Americas, LONDON, England, Fri. Aug. 11, 2017: As the Caribbean island of Jamaica this week celebrated its 55th independence anniversary from Britain, on August. 6, 2017, we at News Americas thought it also apt of look at the early migration of Jamaican immigrants to their former colonizer in the 1940’s. Here are some moments in history from the early migration of Jamaicans to Britain and London.
