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Immigration in Britain: 1935-1975
- 1939 - the war was
still going
- 1941-42 - large numbers of GIs arriving;
when america entered the war
- 3million arriving in Britain and
settled in military bases
- American GIs
- they were generally well welcomed by British people
- They were popular with girls
- 80,000 women
married GIs,
they were
known as 'GI
Brides'
- Had lot of money
- Had things
- Glamorous
- There was segregation in the
south of America - the laws made
sure that black and white people
couldn't mix.
- US soldiers were in segregated units
- most of the American soldiers were white
- as there was no segregation in
Britain it was liberating for the
black soldiers.
- this created
tension between
the Americans
about the racial
lines
- During the war other people came to live in
Britain
- Commonwealth
troops
- Canada
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Africans
- Indians
- West Indies
- They were well treated
and well liked by the
British Women
- Poles
- invaded by Germany
- Britain went to
war because
of them
- This meant that the
government were
nice to Poles
- Were treated
well
- Many joined the
Army
- They were not classed as British
citizens
- were treated as if
they were still on
military service
- Prisoners of War
- German
- 25,000
german
PoWs stayed
in the UK
after the war
- Italian
- Treated as was to be
expected
- Were treated well by British
civilians
- given rations and
a small wage for
their labour
- The Windrush
- symbolic of immigration in Britain
- Was used in a positive and negative way to symbolise immigration
- Ship that sailed from Jamaica to England
- Many people came to find jobs
- Many people from Jamaica and the West Indies the year before
- the arrival of the ship was caught on camera
- it was one of the
first big influxes
of immigrants to
have done so
- They were met by a
small group of people
with placards saying 'Go
Home!'
- Who were the immigrants
- Young single men going and
settling and sending money back
home
- Pictures show that they
were well dressed, may she
that they wanted to be well
received
- many were well educated and had good skills
- They were excited and a bit apprehensive
- more immigrants came from Ireland
- Reasons to come to the UK
- Britain was a global power
- people were fleeing from debt
- many wanted to find 'glory'(mainly through
sports)
- looking fro work and an adventure
- Sugar trade in the West Indies had
collapsed
- Labour
shortage in the
40s and 50s
- Success stories of previous immigrants
- Ex-servicemen
- To send money home
- To give children a British education
- Join the transport service
- there was a big push
for immigrants from
the transport service
- their fares were even paid for
- Promise of a less rigid racial hierarchy
- Catering
- To work in the health service
- The newly
created NHS
needed nurses
- No opportunities
back home
- There was an admiration for Great Britain,
people saw it as a prestigious place to live
- IT WAS THE MOTHER COUNTRY
- This meant it was a natural draw for
people from countries that used to be a
part of the British empire
- People also felt an alliance to it
- Other reasons for immigration
- in Kenya
- Jomo Kenyatta gave British asians two years to leave Kenya in 1967
- 20,000 Asian-Kenyans came to London
- Jomo Kenyatta was the
first president of Kenya
after it gained independence
- Uganda
- Idi Amin, dictator of Uganda
- Idi Amin forced Ugandan-asians out of Uganda
- 50,000 Ugandan-asains came to
Britain
- It was WORSE in Uganda than in Kenya
- Immigrants
- prepared to work for lower
wages
- Many were not on welfare: if
you are an asylum seeker you
cannot claim benefits
- In the 1950s over half
of the west indians
working in England
were overqualified for
their jobs