It's #WindrushDay again.. There is never an attempt to do any cost-benefit analysis, this whole area is highly politicised. And the 'benefits' side of the equation is full of disinformation. A few hundred Jamaicans are dwarfed by the vast number of Irish who travelled to Britain for work, the Polish Resettlement Act, the European Voluntary Workers scheme which brought over 60,000 to Britain in just that one year, the £10 Poms heading in the other direction to Australia AND the fact that the Prime Minister Attlee was appalled at the potential consequences of Windrush disembarking and tried to have the ship diverted to Kenya for peanut picking jobs. The Secretary of State for Labour, George Issacs, opposed any further trips and a couple of years later Churchill in 1951 wanted to run his campaign on the slogan 'Keep England White'. Whatever individual views on these issues/people, these are the facts. This 'Black Saviour' myth of rescuing and rebuilding Britain has no basis in fact.

As for the costs....

Remember when you’re told that the Windrush generation were invited to Britain to rebuild our country following the War, this is what was actually being reported by the government and press at the time…

#WindrushDay