Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Immigration
- British Empire & Commonwealth
- mid-eighteen century
- British Empire covered a large
proportion of the globe
- most colonies are independent after WW2
- most immigrants from UK are Indian, African, Oceania, Carribean
- new legalisation to change the heavy
immigrationtrend
- immigrants needed a job
before they arrived, to
passes special skills or
someone for the "lower
needs"
- since Irish Independence
- immigrants have come as asylum seekers,
seeking protection as refugees
- want to have the British citizenship
- want to have work
- they come from the
Republic of Ireland
and from the former
colonies and
territories of the
British Empire
- WorldWar2 & Post-War
- if the people belong to minorities
persecured under Nazirule → they tried to
migrate to Britain (50000)
- The UK recruited people as European volunteer workers to
industries that were required in order to aid economic recovery
- indians began arriving shortly after their
country gained independence
- Hungarian revolution: many Hungarians immigrated
- Contemporary immigration
- civil war in Somalia
- reunite with family & friends
- immigrants from Somalia,
Netherlands, Scandinavia
- European union
- right of free movement
- since 2004: UK accepted
immigrants from Central- &
EastEuropa
- 1,5 mil. People
migrated until 2009,
UK's nationals
increased by 700.000
- 2009: migrants were
younger and better
educated
- managed migration
- most part: legal labor & students
- managed by the UK Border Agency
- 2006: the migration-system was changed
- the new-points-based-system is compared of five tiers
- June 2010: the
conversative-liberal
coalition
government bought
in for immigrants
outside the EU a
24.100 limit
- new law: all immigrants
have to learn english, British
history, culture & tradition
- allow unlimited immigrants
→ negative influence on the
wage
- Ethnic diversity