Roots

Migrants from ex-colonies

Black Caribbean 1948

• loss of workforce because of WW2
• commonwealth countries employed in British Rail, the national service and London Transport
• ** Empire wind rush
• 250,000 Black Carribbean between 1955 and 1962
• 1980s 80% employed in transport
• Notting hill carnival established in 1964

Chinese 1950s and 1960s

• influx of men from agricultural work in New terrorities in Hong Kong
• employed in laundry business
• tourist attractions of chinatown within larger cities

Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi 1950s and 1960s

• shortage of labour after WW2
• london is the largest community accounting for 6% of population
• 4.4% of london businesses are indian businesses

East African- Asians

• Asians in Uganda was to escape General Idi Amin in 1972
• attracted to UK for safety

Vietnamese

• boat people escaping communist Vietnam in 1973
• 12,500 vietnamese refugees arriving between 1979 to 1982
• lowering the standard of workforce

Africans 1970s to 1980s

• political…