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After the Second
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After the Second World War, a great number of people faced massive destruction of their homes in major towns and cities all over Europe. After 1945, the cold war began between communist Eastern Europe, and capitalist countries of Western Europe and USA. Many people did not want to live under harsh regimes; therefore, they became refugees and fled to the west. The largest numbers of refugees to settle in England were Polish. After the War came to halt, Britain needed help to rebuild and the only way they could do this by gathering people to come and help them. This was a major economic problem, which needed to be sorted. A loss of men made the country short of labourers; posters were put up all over the common wealth including countries like India and the Caribbean. Such slogans as 'Come to your mother country' was used; over a quarter of the...
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