Caribbean 1947-1960

• Windrush brought over 800 migrants mainly from Jamaica and Trinidad, docking at Tilbury near London in June 1948
• The Caribbean migrants were often forced to take jobs they were overqualified for
• In 1960 58,000 Caribbean people settled in Britain
• In 1956 TFL started paying migrants fares to Britain which they would then pay back over time, usually a deduction from their wages