Multicultural Britain
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Candidate Number: 5250 Centre Number: 47102 This coursework is about how Britain came to be a multicultural, multilingual society. From an Anglo-Saxon community, Britain has become a land where, everyday, we meet people of different faiths, races, cultures and languages. We walk into churches and see black Africans worshipping, we see mosques, temples and synagogues aplenty, where in the early 1800s these common sights would not have been considered. So, how did this vast change overcome Britain? Migration... Q1) With reference to the period 1880 to the present day, explain why people chose to migrate to Britain. Populations' resettlements are not new. People are driven to relocate between countries and regions for many reasons including work, study, harsh local conditions, persecution, discrimination, and even because of a pure sense of adventure. Many migrants move from poor countries to richer ones, this creates a balance or net-migration1. Immigration has been proceeding for years, but one...


