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In the aftermath of [[World War 2]] and the rapid breakup of the [[British Empire]], Britain invited [[Commonwealth citizens]] to immigrate to Britain as part of the post-war rebuilding of the nation.<ref>{{cite book |doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199236589.003.0004 |chapter=The Empire Comes Home: Commonwealth Migration to Britain |title=Britain's Experience of Empire in the Twentieth Century |date=2011 |last1=Webster |first1=Wendy |pages=122–160 |isbn=978-0-19-923658-9 }}</ref> Many of these immigrants faced significant racism.<ref>{{cite book |doi=10.4324/9781003258605-7 |chapter=Racism on Campus |title=Cyberbullying and Online Harms |date=2023 |last1=Richards |first1=Gella |pages=52–56 |isbn=978-1-003-25860-5 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ruiz |first1=Marie |title=Review of 'Migrants of the British Diaspora Since the 1960s. Stories From Modern Nomads' |journal=Reviews in History |date=2018 |doi=10.14296/RiH/2014/2275 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Restrictions on Commonwealth migration to Britain later emerged with the [[Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Adogame |first=Afe |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XB2gCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT119 |title=The Public Face of African New Religious Movements in Diaspora: Imagining the Religious 'Other' |date=2016-02-24 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-01863-6 |language=en}}</ref> |
In the aftermath of [[World War 2]] and the rapid breakup of the [[British Empire]], Britain invited [[Commonwealth citizens]] to immigrate to Britain as part of the post-war rebuilding of the nation.<ref>{{cite book |doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199236589.003.0004 |chapter=The Empire Comes Home: Commonwealth Migration to Britain |title=Britain's Experience of Empire in the Twentieth Century |date=2011 |last1=Webster |first1=Wendy |pages=122–160 |isbn=978-0-19-923658-9 }}</ref> Many of these immigrants faced significant racism.<ref>{{cite book |doi=10.4324/9781003258605-7 |chapter=Racism on Campus |title=Cyberbullying and Online Harms |date=2023 |last1=Richards |first1=Gella |pages=52–56 |isbn=978-1-003-25860-5 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ruiz |first1=Marie |title=Review of 'Migrants of the British Diaspora Since the 1960s. Stories From Modern Nomads' |journal=Reviews in History |date=2018 |doi=10.14296/RiH/2014/2275 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Restrictions on Commonwealth migration to Britain later emerged with the [[Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Adogame |first=Afe |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XB2gCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT119 |title=The Public Face of African New Religious Movements in Diaspora: Imagining the Religious 'Other' |date=2016-02-24 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-01863-6 |language=en}}</ref> |
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Inter-Commonwealth migration began to slow down in general, as recently liberated countries began to develop a greater sense of national identity and desire to limit foreign influences in general.<ref>{{Citation |last=Tinker |first=Hugh |title=Migration in the Commonwealth |date=1984 |work=The Commonwealth in the 1980s: Challenges and Opportunities |pages=244–259 |editor-last=Groom |editor-first=A. J. R. |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05691-0_15 |access-date=2024-05-29 |place=London |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-1-349-05691-0_15 |isbn=978-1-349-05691-0 |editor2-last=Taylor |editor2-first=Paul}}</ref> |
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=== Recent decades === |
=== Recent decades === |
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The Commonwealth diaspora is the group of people whose ancestry traces back to countries in the Commonwealth of Nations, a group mainly consisting of former British colonies.[a]
History
Colonial era
Post-war era
In the aftermath of World War 2 and the rapid breakup of the British Empire, Britain invited Commonwealth citizens to immigrate to Britain as part of the post-war rebuilding of the nation.[2] Many of these immigrants faced significant racism.[3][4] Restrictions on Commonwealth migration to Britain later emerged with the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962.[5]
Inter-Commonwealth migration began to slow down in general, as recently liberated countries began to develop a greater sense of national identity and desire to limit foreign influences in general.[6]
Recent decades
The Commonwealth diaspora in Britain in particular has been identified as a potential asset, allowing Britain to make economic and other connections to other Commonwealth countries, which has been a particularly relevant topic of discussion as Britain charts its post-Brexit future and decides which groupings of countries to focus on working with (such as with the European Union).[7][8][9]
Immigration between Commonwealth countries, which makes up half of all Commonwealth migration, has played a significant role in linking Commonwealth countries together economically and culturally.[10]
Sports
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/People_playing_cricket_in_Toronto_61.jpg/220px-People_playing_cricket_in_Toronto_61.jpg)
Various groups in the Commonwealth diaspora, such as Caribbean diasporas,[11][12] have been noted for being bound together by the sport of cricket,[13][14] as well as introducing cricket to a number of countries, such as Canada and the United States.[15][16]
See also
References
- ^ Bidwell, Sam (2023-05-17). "Bangladesh should put the Commonwealth at the centre of its thinking". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
- ^ Webster, Wendy (2011). "The Empire Comes Home: Commonwealth Migration to Britain". Britain's Experience of Empire in the Twentieth Century. pp. 122–160. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199236589.003.0004. ISBN 978-0-19-923658-9.
- ^ Richards, Gella (2023). "Racism on Campus". Cyberbullying and Online Harms. pp. 52–56. doi:10.4324/9781003258605-7. ISBN 978-1-003-25860-5.
- ^ Ruiz, Marie (2018). "Review of 'Migrants of the British Diaspora Since the 1960s. Stories From Modern Nomads'". Reviews in History. doi:10.14296/RiH/2014/2275.
- ^ Adogame, Afe (2016-02-24). The Public Face of African New Religious Movements in Diaspora: Imagining the Religious 'Other'. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-01863-6.
- ^ Tinker, Hugh (1984), Groom, A. J. R.; Taylor, Paul (eds.), "Migration in the Commonwealth", The Commonwealth in the 1980s: Challenges and Opportunities, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 244–259, doi:10.1007/978-1-349-05691-0_15, ISBN 978-1-349-05691-0, retrieved 2024-05-29
- ^ Buckle, Ralph; Hewish, Tim; Hulsman, John C. (2015-02-17). BREXIT: Directions for Britain Outside the EU. Do Sustainability. ISBN 978-0-255-36682-3.
- ^ Révauger, Guilène (March 2022). The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Where from, What for, and Where to?. Journée d'études - Cultural Encounters in English-Speaking Societies. Laboratoire DIRE & UFR LSH Département du monde anglophone & INSPE de La Réunion.
- ^ Commonwealth in 2020 UK Parliament
- ^ Nurse, Keith (2016-02-26). The Diasporic Economy, Trade and Investment Linkages in the Commonwealth. Commonwealth iLibrary.
- ^ Joseph, Janelle (17 February 2011). Cricket as a Diasporic Resource for Caribbean-Canadians (Thesis). hdl:1807/26276.[page needed]
- ^ Joseph, Janelle (December 2014). "Culture, community, consciousness: The Caribbean sporting diaspora". International Review for the Sociology of Sport. 49 (6): 669–687. doi:10.1177/1012690212465735. S2CID 145003439.
- ^ Jacoviello, Stefano; Sbriccoli, Tammaso (2012-12-19). Shifting Borders: European Perspectives on Creolisation. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4438-4442-0.
- ^ Degazon-Johnson, Roli (October 2010). "The Indian Diaspora within the Context of the Modern Commonwealth - Acknowledging the Past, Constructing the Future". Journal of Social Sciences. 25 (1–3): vii–x. doi:10.1080/09718923.2010.11892860. S2CID 149089263.
- ^ Pugh, Adam (June 2012). "Benedict Drew: GLISS". Art Monthly. No. 357. p. 32. ProQuest 1019053418.
- ^ "Cricket extends borders as USA and West Indies co-host men's 2024 T20 World Cup". The Guardian. 16 November 2021.
Further reading
- Creese, Gillian Laura (2011). The New African Diaspora in Vancouver: Migration, Exclusion, and Belonging. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1-4426-1159-7.