immigration and race

Cards (11)

  • when was the new commonwealth created
    28th April 1949
  • when did the empire Windrush come to the UK
    21st June 1948
  • how many people came on the empire Windrush
    802 from the Caribbean and 66 from Mexico
  • by 1958 how many people had emigrated into the UK

    210,000
  • what % of immigrants by 1958 were men

    75% they had the intention to send the money they earnt back home to their families
  • what was the entrance and exit rate of people to the UK in 1950
    676,000 coming in to the uk and 1.32 million leaving
  • when was the Notting hill riot
    august 1958
  • what caused the Notting hill riot
    Oswald Mosey (leader of the fascist party) had stood as mp for Notting Hill.
    The working class and unskilled labourers were the most concerned at the influx of immigrants into the UK.
    these tensions came to a head when there was the Notting Hill carnival, which turned into a race war, with police trying (and failing) to intervene.
  • when did the race relations act pass
    1965
  • what did the race relations act detail
    it banned open racism
    it signposted support for the US civil rights movement
    forbids public discrimination
    limits the amount of immigration
  • how many people arrived between 1951-1960
    132,000 from the west indies
    72,000 from India and Pakistan
    22,000 from west Africa
    12,000 from Cyprus
    16,000 from other countries