UK Migration Patterns Flashcards
1
Q
1950
A
556000 Black Caribbean(Windrush)
Filled postwar worker shortage - rebuilding
Workers, NHS Doctors, underground drivers
2
Q
1960
A
Pakistani (750000) and Indian (1mil)
Initially only men
3
Q
196(5)
A
Bangladeshi (280000)
Expanded rapidly in 80s - families
4
Q
196(7)
A
Black African (480000) Former colonies
5
Q
197(4)
A
20000 Vietnamese refugees
6
Q
198(8)
A
Ethnic Chinese (243000)
Accelerated from mainland - students
More growth in skills, production, job market - education and training hubs
7
Q
1990s
A
Conflict - Croatians, Bosnians, Kosovians, Iraqis, Somalis, Zimbabweans
8
Q
200(5)
A
Opening of EU borders
More Eastern Europeans - Polish