Jewish immigration increased during the nineteenth century as the Jews fled from persecution in Russia and Eastern Europe to Germany and then Britain
The people of the Jewish community suffered similar discrimination but were free from the fear of being brutally hurt or even killed. Due to this, in 1881, the amount of Jewish migration increased to England. By 1901 there were about 250,000 Jewish people in the UK. The British citizens became anti-Semitism against Jews due to Jews overthrowing the jobs of British people as they were willing to accept low wages
The Jews migrated to Britain in clumps of thousands and before long they were all over major cities such as Birmingham and London.
In 1902, parliament passed the alien act for emigration was passed which limited Jewish immigration. The migration Jews slowly lowered down as only 50,000 Jews migrated compared to the 250,000 that migrated in 1881. Most Jewish immigrants increased their own living standards and status in society.
From the era of 1840-1939 thousands of African and west Indian races migrated in area such as Cardiff, Liverpool and the capital London.
The Caribbean and Asians, both also came to England. The Caribbean mainly came from poor backgrounds and as a result, they were kept as slaves by the Spaniards. A lot of Caribbean died as the Spaniards treated them like dirt and were very ruthless towards them. The Caribbean died from many various reasons such as pandemic diseases, over work and starvation. ‘Made to work as slaves by the Spaniards, many were killed by beatings, starvation and overwork, while others died of the diseases introduced by the Europeans.
This was a prime issue during the 18th and 19th century as slavery was held in most households. In 1807, Britain abolished the trade of slaves. This lead to an increase of West Indian migrates. In 1837, Britain got rid of all aspects of slavery and was stated illegal to have slaves in Britain
Asians suffered lots of discriminations in housing and employment matters.
In India, there was a lot of unemployment and the money being paid to workers was very little. In England there were many jobs for servants in the houses of rich merchants who were being paid decent amounts of money. Who came to England to look after young English descendents? Immigration in India was influenced by the reign of Queen Victoria of England. Colonial rule did bring increasing numbers of relatively affluent South Asians to the United Kingdom, people who pursued educational and career interests.
Immigrants from Ireland showed how pull and push factors. The Irish were immigrating to Britain to escape from poverty in Ireland .this move was greatly increased by the great famine where 2 million Irish civilians starved in Ireland
Ireland was very poor and the cost of schooling was not affordable. In Liverpool a school for the poor was opened, The Hibernian School in Liverpool was founded in 1807 by the benevolent society of St. Patrick to educate the poor Irish children who could not even afford inexpensive schools.
England has been a common place for migration for centuries. it has been a democratic and tolerable county where the government and citizens made accurate and important decisions.
It was a democratic country where the citizens (Asians, Jews and Irish) have freedom of speech. We abolished slavery which shows so that other races were allowed to contribute into the mainstream of society. Although there were points against people migrating to Britain, overall I believe that Britain is a very tolerate county who have interests in bringing new cultures into the county, personally I would state Britain as the most tolerable county.
