Immigration to Great Britain

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• Immigration to Great Britain

1. 1935: 100.000 Jews and other minorities fled from Germany
2. 1939: Refugees from Czech Republic who were saved from the german occupation
3. 1939: soldiers from colonies like the Carribean, Africa and Asia come to support Great Britain in the war by fighting in Greait Britain, Germany or other Europian battlefields
   1. India alone provided England with 1.3 Million soldiers
4. 1930: Somali seaman travel towards industrial cities to work in steel and mining industry
5. 1950s and 60s: Mass Immigration from India, Pakistan and the Carribean to rebuild the post-war industry
6. British Nationality Act 1948: invites People from British colonies to come to Enland to help rebuild the country after the war
7. After WWII: 130.000 Poles settle in the UK because they can't return to Poland
8. After 1926: General Immigration from member states of the Commonwealth, numbers are not significant