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The ship HMT Empire Windrush brought the first group of 802 West Indian immigrants to Tilbury, marking the start of modern immigration to the United Kingdom.
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HMT Empire Windrush
Passenger liner and cruise ship
HMT Empire Windrush was a passenger motor ship that was launched in Germany in 1930 as the MV Monte Rosa. She was built as an ocean liner for the German shipping company Hamburg Süd. They used the ship to carry German emigrants to South America, and as a cruise ship. During…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
West Indies
Island region in North Atlantic and Caribbean
The West Indies is an island subregion of the Americas, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, which comprises 13 independent island countries and 19 dependencies in three archipelagos: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Lucayan Archipelago.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Tilbury
Port town in Essex, England
Tilbury is a port town in the borough of Thurrock, Essex, England on the Thames. The present port was established as separate settlement near East and West Tilbury and Tilbury Fort in the late 19th century, on land that was mainly part of Chadwell St Mary. The Gravesend–Tilbury…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Modern immigration to the United Kingdom
Immigration to the United Kingdom since the independence of Ireland in 1922
Since 1945, immigration to the United Kingdom, controlled by British immigration law and to an extent by British nationality law, has been significant, in particular from the former territories of the British Empire and the European Union.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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