Monday 22 June marks the third Windrush Day, the 72nd anniversary of the SS Empire Windrush arriving at Tilbury Docks in Essex carrying the first Caribbean migrants.
Many of those who left sunnier climes were ex-servicemen who fought with the UK in the Second World War and had been invited to a bomb-damaged Britain to fill labour shortages.
Windrush Day was established as a celebration to honour the enormous contribution those who made that journey - and others who followed from elsewhere - have made to Britain.
The annual event was established in 2018 in the wake the Windrush scandal when many of those invited to Britain suddenly found themselves on the wrong side of immigration laws that, unbeknown to them, had changed around them.
Two years on from the inaugural Windrush Day, their fight for justice continues.
The Home Office said 164 people were wrongfully detained or deported from the country that had been their home for decades.
In her independent review from March, Windrush Lessons Learned Review, Wendy Williams said they were “failed when they needed help most”.
Ms Williams told ITV News: "I've made the point that the Windrush scandal was both foreseeable and avoidable."
Ms Williams said: "I've set out clearly why that was and the reason why it was, was because there were warning signs both internally and externally that were drawn to the Home Office's attention so what I say is, is absolutely important for the department to learn the lessons of Windrush."
"I've set out what needs to happen in order for that to occur and everyone is watching, everyone is waiting, and everyone is looking to the Home Office, that's both ministers and officials to lead that charge."
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