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Immigration to the U.K.
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- What groups of people had come to England before the Middle Ages?
- Who came to Britain between the 11th and the 17th century?
What did they contribute to the British society?
Source: "Focus" (Gyldendal)
- What kind of immigrants were welcomed to Britain during the 18th and 19th centuries?
- What immigrant groups found refuge in Britain between and during the two world wars?
- After WWII the pattern of immigration to Britain changed. Give a short description of this change.
- What is the 1951 Geneva Convention on refugees?
- Define the term "illegal immigrant"
- What is the punishment for lorry-drivers bringing illegal immigrants to Britain?
- What is the National Asylum Support Service?
- What are so-called 'pre-entry controls'?
- Define the term 'refugee'
- What does the word 'xenophobia' mean?
- What was 'The Empire Windrush' - and what does it symbolize today?
- When did the post-war non-European mass-immigration to Britain start?
From where did the immigrants come, and why did they go to Britain?
- What are the general rules for acquiring British citizenship automatically (since 1 January 1983)?
- In her article, 'Multi Racial Britain', Diane Abbot mentions various ethnic minority contributions to the British society. Do you remember any of those?
- How many immigrants have arrived in England from India, Pakistan, the Caribbean and China? (April 2001)
- How many people belonging to ethnic minority groups are there in the United Kingdom (number + percent of the population)
- What does the government do to prevent an accumulation of refugees in the London area?
- Give an interpretation of the poem "Remember the Ship" by John Agard
- Is the picture below taken in China?
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