Britain would be poorer without the efforts of the Windrush generation, Prince William said as he and Kate attended the unveiling of a memorial at London's Waterloo Station
The Duke of Cambridge says the Windrush scandal"rightly reverberates throughout the Caribbean community here in the UK, as well as many in the Caribbean nations".Why you can trust Sky News
Next year, it will be 75 years since the HMT Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury docks in 1948, bringing 500 passengers from the Caribbean. The duke added:"Only a matter of years ago, tens of thousands of generation were profoundly wronged by theIt emerged in 2017 that hundreds of Commonwealth citizens had been wrongly detained, deported and denied legal rights, despite having the right to live in Britain.
"It is my hope that the memorial will serve to inspire present and future generations, and I send you my warmest good wishes on this historic occasion."
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