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Immigrants in Britain.

Recently there have been many waves of immigration into Britain. Many Jews, Russians, Germans and Poles have come to Britain during political changes in the rest of Europe. There are also many immigrants from deferent countries of the Commonwealth. Before the Second World War these immigrants were mostly white people from Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. In the 1950s the British government encoraged¹ people from the West Indies, India, Pakistan, bangladesh² and Hong Kong³ to come and work in Britain. Today two million British people are of West India are Asian origin and over 50 per cent of them were born in Britain. The government encourages the immigrant communities to continue speaking their own languages as well as English. The children of immigrants of often taught their own languages at school, and there are special newspapers, magazines and radio and television programs for immigrants.

The latest wave of immigrations has caused serious problems.

There is a certain racial tension and racial prejudice in Britain today. In spite of laws passed to protect them, there is still discrimination against Asian and black people, many of whom are unemployed or have low-paid jobs. Setting the discrimination problem is an important task which British society faces today.

QUESTIONS

1. Where did immigrants come to Britain from?

2. How many British people today are of West Indian or Asian origin?

3. How does the British government encouraged immigrant communities to continue speaking their own languages?

4. What problem has the latest wave of immigration caused?

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The Union Jack

The flag of the United Kingdom, known as the Union Jack, is made up of three crosses. The upright red cross is the cross of St George, the patron saint of England. The white diagonal cross (with the arms going into the corners) is the cross of St Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland. The red diagonal cross of St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.

QUESTIONS

What is the state flag of the UK sometimes called? What do the crosses on the flag stand for?

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