Immigration Nation Flashcards
What is brexit
Brexit is an abbreviation of two English words: ‘Britain’ and ‘exit’ and refers to the withdrawal process of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU). Article 50 of the Treaty of the European Union regulates the withdrawal process of any Member State.
Why do people migrate
People migrate for work, war, better oppertunities
What were the relationships between south asia and britain
The relationship between Britain and South Asia goes
back hundreds of years. Today South Asia is a collection of separate countries including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Burma, but back then it was all called ‘India’ by the British. In the early 1600s British traders went there to buy spices, dyes and textiles to sel
back in Britain.
What is South Asian Immigration
People from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka (South Asia) have been moving to Britain for hundreds of years. The largest groups were in London -
and were mainly Indian sailors - but in other places such as Oxford, Bristol and Cambridge there were South Asian students, servants and nannies too. As early as 1688, a man in Bristol offered a reward of 20 shillings (about £90 now for the safe return of his ‘runaway Indian’. But it was in the 1950s and 1960s that really large numbers of South Asian immigrants began coming to Britain. By 1971 the number of immigrants from South
Who were britains earliest immigrants
The Celts, the Vikings, the Normans, the Anglo - Saxons and the Romans
What was the windrush
The windrush was a ship which carried over 1,027 people from the Caribbean to Britain to find work and better lives.
What was the bristal bus boycott
The 1963 Bristol Bus Boycott was a landmark event for British civil and legal rights. Campaigners, vexed from signs that read ‘No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs’, fought for racial equality and social justice. Their protests led to the end of ‘the colour bar’ which banned Black and Asian people from driving buses.
