Immigration
- Created by: Emily Kitchen
- Created on: 14-03-13 17:21
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- Immigration
- Reasons for coming (mainly Black Caribbean)
- NHS (1948)
- Free healthcare
- London Transport
- Offered to pay fare in return for work
- Help rebuild Britain
- Better job opportunities
- Join family members
- British Nationality Act (1948)
- Gave everyone in former British Empire British citizenship
- People could come and live in Britain whenever
- Companies were able to look overseas for workers
- Gave everyone in former British Empire British citizenship
- America
- USA put new restrictions on immigration
- People who would go to USA instead went to Britain
- USA put new restrictions on immigration
- NHS (1948)
- Who came?
- Black Caribbean
- Windrush (1948) came with lots of room offering cheap travel
- Ugandan Asians
- Ida Amin said GET OUT.
- Went to Britain
- Ida Amin said GET OUT.
- Kenyan Asians
- Kenyan government said Britain or Kenya
- Many chose Britain
- Kenyan government said Britain or Kenya
- Indians
- Anyone unhappy with Partition came to Britain
- Irish
- High levels of unemployment
- Black Caribbean
- Racism
- No accomodation
- Landlords could charge very high rents for tiny rooms
- All settled in poor areas of London, which became mainly black Caribbean
- Landlords could charge very high rents for tiny rooms
- No jobs/ overly-qualified jobs
- High Poverty Rates
- Banned from some bars
- Had to create own bars and dance halls
- Led to worse reputation
- Had to create own bars and dance halls
- No accomodation
- Enoch Powell
- "Rivers of Blood" Speech (1968)
- Immigration needs to be maassively reduced
- Got fired, but speech caused outrage
- Wanted to bring immigration issue back to the forefront
- Lots of support from population
- Immigration needs to be maassively reduced
- "Rivers of Blood" Speech (1968)
- Notting Hill Riots
- 400 Teddy Boys attacked black neighbourhoods
- Four nights of attack
- Police did nothing until night three, when the black community started fighting back
- White people protected their black neighbours
- Caused deep-set mistrust between black community and police
- Led to Claudia Jones creating Notting Hill Festival, to try to unite community
- Four nights of attack
- 400 Teddy Boys attacked black neighbourhoods
- Reasons for coming (mainly Black Caribbean)
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