HIST114 Lecture 16: Hist 114 - Lecture 16
14 Mar 2018
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Review lecture notes for timeline of 1971 & 1973 (feb 28) 2nd time britain has moved to strip citizen rights. Britain has tried to turn citizens in to migrants. Brexit will likely take away rights of eu members in britain, making them migrants. 1948 bna - british nationality act : formalized citizenship. Canada, nz, and australia were set to become independant. Commonwealth citizens from india, canada, australia, and nz were eligible for citizenship in. Bna - right to work and live in britian, 850,000,000 people, with a white only immigration policy. Migration from the colonies to britain lead to controversy during the post wwii period. Post wwii britian, loss of labour force, concentrated govt. effort to recruit foreign labour. Concern over potential drain of resources in britain. Under bna indians had the right to migrate to britain. Polish armed forces and citizens settled under polish resettlement act.
