Britain celebrates 75th anniversary of 'Windrush' arrivals

Britain's Queen Camilla poses Linda Haye and her family with during a reception to mark the 75th anniversary of the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush to British shores, at Buckingham Palace on June 14, 2023 in London, Britain. During the reception to celebrate the Windrush Generation, ten portraits of Windrush elders were unveiled. Chris Jackson/Pool via REUTERS

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will hold a series of events, processions and exhibitions on Thursday to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the first Caribbean migrants, paying tribute to the cultural contribution of the so-called "Windrush generation".

On 22 June 1948, the Empire Windrush ship arrived at Tilbury Docks in Essex, east of London, bringing the first of hundreds of thousands of people who came to Britain between 1948 and 1971 to help rebuild the country after World War Two.