WINDRUSH GENERATION

'An exchange is the act of  giving or receiving something in substitution for something else. In today’s modern-day world these exchanges can take several forms:  economic – work exchanges, exchange of goods, trading across borders,  cultural – exchange of ideas, information, education,  movement of people – immigration, student exchanges, gap years…  Our modern-day world is changing quickly and seems to be a smaller place due to improvements in technology and communication. Information exchange has become easier thanks to the internet and international trade has enabled us to expand our markets for goods and services that might not have been available to us.  These different cultural, economic, sociological and language interactions have transformed and characterised our modern-day world – sometimes for better, sometimes for worse.'  But why do people immigrate?  We shall discuss this in relation to the WiNDRUSH GENERATION.

So who or what it the Windrush Generation.  The term refers to immigrants who arrived in England on the SS Windrush, a ship that had sailed from Australia via the West indies to Britain.

The reasons why they immigrated initally can be see in the PUSH /PULL FACTORS  below :

BBC article retelling the story

John Agard, poet tells the story of Vince Reid, a child on the ship at the time.

Testimonies from children of the Windrush Generation:

 https://www.timeout.com/london/news/hear-the-stories-of-the-windrush-generation-from-the-people-who-were-part-of-it-062618

Apologies from the British government.