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Clair Wills on immigrants

Clair Wills talks to Ellie Cawthorne about her new book documenting the experiences of immigrants who arrived in postwar Britain seeking a better life

West Indian immigrants arrive at Victoria Station, London, following their journey from Southampton Docks. Originally published in ‘Picture Post’, 1956. (Photo by Haywood Magee/Getty Images)

This article was first published in the September 2017 issue of BBC History Magazine.

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