A thought for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination In the years following World War Two, Britain’s labour shortage led to Commonwealth citizens in the Caribbean being invited to come to this country and build new lives as British citizens. Led to believe they would be welcome, almost half a million women, men and children made the journey. In 1948, the liner Empire Windrush brought just over 1,000 passengers from Jamaica, and the ship gave its na

When a group of Swansea-based community leaders first discussed the idea of forming a charity to offer a warm welcome to the city’s new arrivals, Britain was a different place. The year was 2012. That summer saw the Olympic Games come to London, and the positive impact of this vibrant multicultural event spread far beyond the capital. Britain’s greatest hero of those Olympics was a Somalian immigrant and a practising Muslim who had migrated here at eight years of age. Mo Fara