Daily Herald Archive photograph of a group of people reading a newspaper aboard the "Empire Windrush", 1948. The caption on the back of the photograph reads 'JAMAICANS COME TO WORK IN BRITAIN. TILBURY (Essex) ENG: The 492 Jamaicans who arrived here from Kingston (Jamaica) were preparing to disembark from the transport "Empire Windrush" where they are to travel to London unde the care of the Colonial Office. The Jamaicans sailed for Britain when they could not find work in their homeland. Fifty two of them will volunteer for the Services, over two hundred have friends who can give them prospect of employment, and most of the remainder are to seek work in Britain after interviews with the Ministry of Labour. PHOTO SHOWS:- Some of the Jamaican immigrants were quick to read about their arrival in the morning newspapers which came aboard the "Empire Windrush." 22nd June, 1948'.