1 Study Source A and use your own knowledge. Explain the significance of the 1962 Commonwealth Immigration Act for immigration from colonies and the Commonwealth.
By the time 492 West Indians stepped off the SS Empire Windrush at Tilbury Dock in June 1948, there were already at least 75,000 black and Asian citizens living in Britain. This was as much the result of Britain’s status as a global trading nation as it was a legacy of its empire. Irish, Jewish, other European and Chinese immigration in the nineteenth and early twentieth century had also contributed to significant social and cultural impacts, particularly in the major cities and ports.
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