HIST 386 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Mv Empire Windrush, Scarman Report, Cath Database
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Chinese around 125,000 in 1980s post-war immigration from hong kong live in china towns greeted by alarm in white population seen as a problem requiring a solution. Asian (indian subcontinent) symbolic starting point for this in june 1948. But n. ireland and glasgow (has prot. soccer team and cath. team) have not been picked on as a problem in recent decades, so no restraints to immigration. Black and asian immigration since the war that has created a much more thoroughly multicultural country in br. immigration from empire into britain. Br. society great deal of opposition to black and asian immigration since wwii lots of emigration in last decade. 1965 labour gov"t tightens voucher scheme, but immigration remained high because wife and children going to join their families. River of blood speech notorious speech about evils of immigration and need for repatriation struck a chord with white population.
