Immigration

Immigration

1. 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"

2. 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

3. 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

4. Contemporary immigration

   • civil war in Somalia
   • reunite with family & friends
   • immigrants from Somalia, Netherlands, Scandinavia

5. 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

6. 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

7. Ethnic diversity