Starter quiz
- Complete the following sentence: Britain and some of its former colonies made up an international community known as the ______.
- 'Commonwealth' ✓
- When did the Treaty of Rome bring about the creation of the EEC?
- 1937
- 1947
- 1957 ✓
- 1967
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- What did the 'free movement of people' from 1992 onwards result in?
- increased economical advantages for Britain ✓
- increased migration between EU countries ✓
- increased migration to new member countries
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- In how many years between 1995 and 2004 did over 10 000 European people settle in Britain?
- two ✓
- ten
- 20
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- What was UKIP's position on migration?
- They campaigned for increased migration to Britain.
- They campaigned for increased migration rights for Britons.
- They campaigned for full government control over Britain's migration policies. ✓
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- Match the following causes to their effects.
- The Treaty of Rome was signed⇔The EEC was created. ✓
- France blocked the UK from the EEC⇔Britain was successful on its third attempt to join. ✓
- Britain allowed free movement of people⇔This led to increased immigration from the EU and economic growth. ✓
- Britain voted to leave the EU⇔This led to decreased migration from the EU and economic decline. ✓
Exit quiz
- What scheme did Britain introduce to help Jewish children persecuted by the Nazis?
- the Aliens Act
- the Kindertransport programme ✓
- the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act
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- What word describes a war between citizens of the same country?
- 'civil war ' ✓
- The end of which war created international instability and increased numbers of refugees?
- the US Civil War
- the Sino-Soviet War
- the Cold War ✓
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- How did Britain want to appear in its approach to refugees in the later 20th century?
- liberal ✓
- neutral
- tolerant ✓
- welcoming
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- What scandal occurred in 2012 as a result of the British government's announcement of a 'hostile environment' for illegal migrants?
- Many people from Afghanistan were deported.
- Many Jewish people were deported.
- Many people from the Windrush generation were deported. ✓
- Many people from Rwanda were deported.
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- Put the following events in chronological order.
- 1⇔Aliens Act
- 2⇔Kindertransport programme
- 3⇔The end of the Cold War
- 4⇔Rwanda scheme
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Key learning points
- The 1905 Aliens Act was the first law to distinguish between refugees and other migrants.
- During World War Two, Britain allowed 10 000 Jewish refugees to settle as part of the Kindertransport programme.
- International instability after the end of the Cold War meant increasing numbers of people migrating to safer countries.
- From the 1990s, the British government gradually introduced laws restricting the migration of refugees.
Common misconception
Refugees were more welcome than other migrants as Britain wanted to support the idea that they were a liberal and tolerant nation.
Refugees were sometimes more welcome than other migrants. The British government was often careful with their criteria for who was classed as a refugee and, from the 1990s, introduced a number of laws to restrict access to Britain for refugees.
Keywords
Cold war - an ideological conflict between the USA and the USSR that lasted from the 1940s until the 1980s
Civil war - a war between citizens of the same country
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