Migration and settlement (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards
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Belgian refugees in WWI (number)
Belgian refugees in WWI (number)
Around 250,000
1905 Aliens Act during WWI
1905 Aliens Act during WWI
Suspended to allow unrestricted refugee entry
Polish migrants in WWII (number)
Polish migrants in WWII (number)
Approx. 160,000
Main Polish settlement area
Main Polish settlement area
Bradford, West Yorkshire
Kindertransport
Kindertransport
Rescue of 8,000+ Jewish children to Britain (1938-39)
Kindertransport numbers
Kindertransport numbers
Over 8,000 Jewish children
Empire Windrush arrival
Empire Windrush arrival
June 1948 at Tilbury
Empire Windrush passengers
Empire Windrush passengers
Over 800 from Caribbean
Caribbean migrant jobs (post-1948)
Caribbean migrant jobs (post-1948)
London transport & NHS
India partition year
India partition year
1947
Kenya Asians to Britain (1967-68)
Kenya Asians to Britain (1967-68)
20,000 migrated
Uganda Asian expulsion year
Uganda Asian expulsion year
1972
Uganda Asians to Britain (number)
Uganda Asians to Britain (number)
About 27,000
UN Convention on Refugees (Britain)
UN Convention on Refugees (Britain)
Signed 1951
Post-WWII migration reason
Post-WWII migration reason
Severe labor shortage & reconstruction