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Five immigration turning points (1948: The Windrush Generation (from…
Five immigration turning points
1948: The Windrush Generation
rebuilding infrastructure
labor shortages
from Commonwealth
Caribean
Africa
India
Pakistan
Northern Ireland
no visas required
after WW2
from eastern Europe
Poland
Ukraine
Baltic States
communism
1956: The Hungarian Revolution
Cold War
Soviet tanks against uprising
political refugees
political dissidents
1971: Immigration Act
1950s: racial tensions
against immigration
government cracks down
on racial discrimination
laws limiting immigration
people from Commonwealth equal
to rest of the world
1972: The Ugandan Asian Crisis
former British colony
all Asians were expelled
with UK passport could immigrate
almost 50% came
increasing number of asylum
seekers in next 3 decades
1992: The EU expansion
Maastricht Treaty
on European integration
freedom to live in
any member state
tens of thousands
EU citizens
no temporary
restrictions
over 1 Million after
2004 expansion