With reference to the period 1880 to the present day, explain why people chose to migrate to Britain?

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Yasmin Ghobadi 10SPN                                                                      26th January 2003

With reference to the period 1880 to the present day, explain why people chose to migrate to Britain?

        

Even before the 1880’s people came to Britain for a number of reasons; to flee poverty, religious persecution and, for social reasons. People came from a variety of different countries including Afghanistan, Poland and even Ireland. I am going to write about some of these issues from 1880 to the present day.

        The Russian government made it very difficult for Jewish people to earn a living so most moved (some moved to America), thousands of Jews moved to Britain during 1880 to 1940. Many left the Russian Empire and Eastern Europe to escape religious persecution and the threat of war (and leading to eventual war) made by ‘Hitler’. England offered a chance to practice their religion (safely), and earn a decent living with new technology and transport, including the invention of the car.  They left a poor living with hardly any work, which meant hardly any food. The Russian government sent many threats including pogroms. Jews also had to face persecution in Nazi Germany during the Second World War.

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Today people are fleeing countries for religious reasons for example; partly why people are leaving Afghanistan is due to the way a religious group had been leading them, this could also be a political reason (the group known as the ‘Taliban’) are the political leaders. The ‘Taliban’ made male men grow beards, and girls were not allowed to go to school, that is also another reason came to Britain for the education system in Britain is very high and many people want the best for their children.

After the Second World War Britain needed help to rebuild and the ...

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