Theme 1b - Rights and Diversity in the UK

Cultural diversity is the variety of people and backgrounds in an area

Migration has helped shape the UK because people have been coming here for centuries

Culture has been brought from the Romans, Normans, Saxons, Vikings, Celts and Picts

Protestants came to England to escape persecution from Europe

Irish Catholics came to Britain as economic migrants to escape poverty and famine

Jews came to Britain to escape Nazi Germany

Economc migrants move to earn more money for a better life

Political migrants move to get away from persecution e.g. threats due to religious beliefs

Refugees move to escape problems in their own…