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Ethnic diversity in Great Britain

•    In the 16^,h and 18^lh centinies, Huguenots (French Protestants) came to Britain to escape religions persecution in France,

•    In the 1840s a huge number of Irish immigrants came to Britain escaping racist attacks in Eastern Europę,

•    Before the II World War the immigrants were mostly wbite people from Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa,

•    During the 1950s many immigrants from the West Indies, India, Pakistan and later Bangladesh travelled to Britain to Fili many types of job, such as in textile and engineering firms,

•    In the 1980s the largest immigrant groups came from tlie US, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand,

•    There are also considerable numbers of people resident in the United Kingdom who are of Irish, Italian, Greek and Turkish Cypriot, Polish, Australian, Canadian, New Zealand and American descenŁ