jamaica Flashcards
location
Jamaica is in the West Indies, 20 islands (caribbean, jamaica, barbados, trinidad all of which were british citizens) between southeast United States and northern South America. The island is in the Northern and Western Hemispheres, surrounded by the Caribbean sea.
background
between 1948-1970 after fighting for britain in ww2 they were invited using propaganda to advertise facilitating jobs such as driving buses, better education and less cramped housing.
half a million people left the indies to live in britain to work, this is a form of international voluntary economic migration.
goal was to make lots of money and leave
consequences
many were over qualified for the jobs given to them
experienced racism in forms of violence by smashing and burning their houses
experienced discrimination as some were rejected from work
they were eager to work hard and contributed a lot to britain
the windrush
Empire Windrush in 1948.
economic status of jamaica was lower than britain’s known as “the slums of the empire”
push factors
lack of education economic deficits lower wages lack of jobs lack of professional and highly skilled opportunities crowded homes
pull factors
better career prospects healthcare less crowded welfare system more jobs higher pay education more/better housing more professional and highly skilled opportunities
impacts
host: diaspora, jobs filled, larger workforce, valued contributors, discrimination, diversity
source: job gap, brain drain, weaker workforce, intermittence
facilitating factors
300 places on board ships
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ww2
legal route
scandal
Since these people had a legal right to come to the UK, they were given any documents upon entry to the UK, nor following changes in immigration laws in the early 1970s
Many of the countries from which the immigrants had come became independent of the UK after 1948
Anyone who had arrived in the UK from a Commonwealth country before 1973 was granted an automatic right permanently to remain, unless they left the UK for more than two years.
many people were never given, or asked to provide, documentary evidence of their right to remain at the time or over the next forty years, during which, many continued to live and work in the UK, believing themselves to be British.
many have been deported
policies
1) international organisation for migration (1994-98) funded a return of talent program to offer incentives such as:
allowances, insurance, salary subsidies
required to stay a minimum of 2 years so they can transfer skills to other individuals
so that highly qualified professionals to fill vacant positions in the public sector
only 60 have been recruited
2) returning residents program (1993 still inn operation)
to help jamaican nationals return by supplying info on jobs and investment opportunities/ links with employers
