Processes that created ethnic diversity in Britain
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- Processes that created ethnic diversity in Britain
- Becoming increasingly ethnically diverse
- London- 200 linguistic groups
- Due to colonialism, annexation and international migration
- Colonialism
- Colonised by groups since Roman Times
- early colonists
- Little impact on present ethic composition
- British Isles came together as political unit through waves of annexation over number of centuries culminating in Ireland
- First wave of migration to Britain Mid
- 19th Century
- Fled from Irish Famine
- Annexation
- Liverpool, Glasgow and London
- Colonised by groups since Roman Times
- 1950
- most significant ethnic diversity
- 2 world wars - 100s of 1000 of mean across Empire fought for Britain
- India provided 1.3 million
- Between wars many remained in ports
- Jewish immigrants to London to escape Nazi Oppression
- End WW2 work shortages
- Europe, Britain started recruitment aboard
- 157,000 polish arrived
- Then Italians but still labour shortage
- 22 June 1948 the ship - Empire Windrush
- Bought the first of many immigrants from west indies
- The British Nationality Act of 1948 granted people from the commonwealth citizenship so could live and work in Britain
- Mass immigration continued for West Indies
- 1958- 125000 West Indians migrated in search of better lifestyle and higher wages
- 1956 - London transport needed workers
- advertised in Barbados, Trinidad and Jamaica
- 4000 Barbadians recruited
- advertised in Barbados, Trinidad and Jamaica
- 1960s - joined by immigrants from Indian sub continent
- Footwear and clothing factories
- East Midlands, transport and textile mills of Northern Cities
- New immigrants went to London area
- Low paid, low skilled jobs in factories and service sector and car and engineering factories
- Immigrants established clusters in poorest inner city areas
- Toxteth, Liverpool, Brixton and Bethnal Green - London
- Established places of worship etc
- Not welcomed - protests on arrival
- Gov. amended British Nationality Act to make it more diff for non whites to bring family with them
- 1972 - 80000 Ugandan Asians arrived in Britain were descendants of indentured Asians workers brought to Uganda from Britain
- Racial prejudice - widespread -riots 1980s
- Social deprivation, unemployment increased
- Wave of immigration from EE with the demise of communism and former communist countries into the EU 2005
- 1998 to 2000 - 45,000 people arrived from Africa, 25,000 india and other countries
- Becoming increasingly ethnically diverse
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