TOUCHING black and white snaps show the faces of Commonwealth immigrants hoping to build a better life for themselves in Britain, while also helping rebuild the country's shattered World War Two economy.
After the end of the Second World War, the UK economy was in tatters and the government realised that the country had a huge shortage of labourers.
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February 1955: West Indian bus conductor Chandler McGhieCredit: Getty Images
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16th June 1956: Three generations of the Constantinous, a Greek Cypriot family who live in Bayswater, LondonCredit: Getty Images
Officials came to the conclusion that if Britain wanted to rebuild the current state of affairs, they would have to find workers to fill the gaps in the market.
In order to solve the economic issue, the UK Parliament introduced The British Nationality Act of 1948, which in turn created the status of "Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies" (CUKC).
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Around 1955: Young children of various race playing in a school playground, in CardiffCredit: Getty Images
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27th May 1956: Newly arrived West Indian immigrants in the Customs Hall after their arrival at SouthamptonCredit: Getty Images
The act meant that all citizens from Commonwealth countries, such as the Caribbean, Cyprus, Somalia and the West Indies, were granted free entry and actively encouraged to immigrate to Britain.
The event was famously marked on June 22 1948 when a passenger ship called the Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury, Essex with 492 people from Jamaica on board.
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9th June 1952: Two Jamaican men talking in a street in Brixton, South LondonCredit: Getty Images
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22nd April 1950: A group of Somalians meet for a drink and a smoke at a cafe in CardiffCredit: Getty Images
The voyage was an iconic moment for the UK and all Commonwealth countries as the liner had carried one of the first big groups of post-war West Indian immigrants.
In the coming years, large numbers of citizens responded to Britain's need for workers and made the move over from both Europe and the Commonwealth.
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22nd January 1955: Mr Siebert Mattison, an immigrant from St Anne, Jamaica now lives, sleeps and cooks in the same room with his Welsh wife and their three childrenCredit: Getty Images
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1956: Immigrants from the West Indies at Victoria Station in LondonCredit: Getty Images
Many families from the Caribbean, Indian and Pakistan filled the void in the UK's workforce and helped the reconstruct the broken post-WWII economy.
The Home Office estimated that between the years of January 1955 and June 1962 around 470,000 people immigrated to Britain and they came from all corners of the world.
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6th September 1952: Street scene in Brixton, London, where many immigrants have settledCredit: Getty Images
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27th May 1956: A group of seven hundred West Indian immigrants waiting in the Customs Hall at Southampton Docks after disembarkationCredit: Getty Images
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Late 1950s: A boatload of newly landed 700 immigrants disembark at Southampton customs, then go on to Victoria Station, LondonCredit: Getty Images
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Around 1959: A black man walking down a Notting Hill Street, where race riots had recently taken placeCredit: Getty Images
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Around 1955: People kneeling in prayer, CardiffCredit: Getty Images
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October 1955: A Catholic voluntary worker (right) meets a young Irish immigrant on her arrival in LondonCredit: Getty Images
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17th December 1956: Former tally clerk supervisor at Columbo docks George Barnard boarded an American ship bound for Calcutta in 1952 without a passportCredit: Getty Images
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1956: A West Indian immigrant to Britain is met by a Salvation Army officer at SouthamptonCredit: Getty Images
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1950: The multicultural community of Butetown or Tiger Bay Cardiff, WalesCredit: Getty Images
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1956: The doorman and proprietor outside and Indian Restaurant in an Indian Community in LondonCredit: Getty Images
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27th May 1956: West Indian immigrants arrive at Victoria Station, LondonCredit: Getty Images
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22nd April 1950: A young boy playing with a train set at his home in the CardiffCredit: Getty Images
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23rd January 1954: A couple of young women and a baby in Bute Town, one of the poorest areas of CardiffCredit: Getty Images
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22nd April 1950: An ethnic mix of Arab, Somali, West African, West Indian and Greek families make up the population of the dockland area of CardiffCredit: Getty Images
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23rd January 1954: Two young women in Bute Town, one of the poorest areas of CardiffCredit: Getty Images
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Around 1950: An immigrant employee from Pakistan at work in a spinning mill in Bradford, West YorkshireCredit: Getty Images
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21st November 1959: The end of a journey from IndiaCredit: Getty Images
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22nd April 1950: An ethnic mix of Arab, Somali, West African, West Indian and Greek families make up the population of the dockland area of CardiffCredit: Getty Images
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October 1955: Sikh children, two of them in turbans, who live in an Indian community in LondonCredit: Getty Images
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23rd January 1954: Children walk the streets of CardiffCredit: Getty Images
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23rd January 1954: A young woman and young girl in the yard of their house in CardiffCredit: Getty Images
Towns including Bradford have dramatically changed due to mass immigration during recent yearsCredit: Getty Images
Instead, segregation along religious and race lines has spiralled, worsening the pulls of extremism.
In an extraordinary and damning indictment, Dame Louise Casey heaped blame on leaders across the board for not being “robust” enough to tackle the crisis.
