Problems in Britain following Post-War Immigration
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- problems in Britain as a result of post-war immigration
- Housing
- unofficial chains of migration set up so that people from a particular Caribbean island settled in the same part of the UK
- 85,000 European Voluntary workers
- 492 West Indians and 108 Jamaicans came to Britain in 1948
- many black immigrants came together to get housing after being turned away by landlords due to discrimination
- Tension/discrimination
- fight against Nazis had limited impact on immigration and racial attitudes
- shift in the view of the colonies- racial inferiors to wartime allies
- black workers invited to work in crucial industries during the war
- 10,000 employed as ground crew by RAF
- encouraged the first wave of West Indian workers to seek employment in Britain
- revocation of the Alien Orders in 1942 leading many black people to enter Britain
- Government response
- MPS who represented constitencies with growing 'coloured' populations were keen to secure limits to Commonwealth immigration
- Inter-Departmental Committee on Colonial People in the UK was set up to investigate ways to promote racial integration on a local, informal basis
- councils and social services did not have the expertise to effectively promote integration
- popular views of black people were heavily influenced by stories of violence in Africa and gangsters from Harlem in NY
- Employment
- full employment and the demand for cheap labour led the governent to try and recruit workers in Europe
- 100,000 Poles and their dependents recruited as part of the Polish Resettlement Corps
- the NHS, textile firms in the north and London Transport still advertised vacant positions throughout the New Commonwealth
- London Transport had hostels for newly recruited and sent representatives to the Caribbean to search for staff
- full employment and the demand for cheap labour led the governent to try and recruit workers in Europe
- Housing
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