Life in the UK Test
Chapter 2: A Changing Society
Migration to Britain
|
WHEN |
WHO |
From
WHERE |
WHY |
| 16th,
18th Centuries |
Huguenots
(Protestants) |
France |
To escape religious persecution
|
| Mid
1840s |
Irish
|
Ireland
|
To
escape famine (extreme food shortage) |
| 1880-1910 |
Jewish |
Former
Russia
(Poland, Ukraine, Belarus) |
To
escape racist attacks (Pogrom) |
| 1930s |
Jewish |
Germany |
To
escape racist attacks (Pogrom) |
| Late
1940s |
Workers |
Europe,
Ireland |
To
rebuild Britain |
| 1950s |
Workers |
West
Indies |
To
work as Transport workers |
| 1950-1960
|
Workers |
India,
Pakistan |
To
work in Textile industry |
Late
1960s Government passed new laws as the result immigration
rate fallen |
| 1970s |
Indian
decent |
Uganda
|
Expulsion
by its ruler Idi Amin |
| 1980s
|
Citizens
of USA, Australia, New Zealand and south Afica |
Economic
reasons |
| 1990s
|
Bosnian,
Serbian |
East
Europe |
To
escape civil war |
Since
1994 there has been a global rise in migration for both
political and economical reasons
|
