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It is in the last fifty years that Britain has received in significant numbers workers and their dependants from the former colonies whose colour differs from that of the white indigenous population, although the presence of black and ethnic minority people is not new.1 The main sources of this immigration are the New Commonwealth countries of the Indian subcontinent and the West Indies. The estimated present-day number of people of New Commonwealth origin, now known as ethnic minorities, is 6.3 per cent of the total population and of these over 50 per cent are British born. Thus over half of the ethnic minority population is not ‘immigrant’ but native-born British. Most of those who arrived as immigrants have now become full British citizens.
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Anwar, M., Roach, P., Sondhi, R. (2000). Introduction. In: Anwar, M., Roach, P., Sondhi, R. (eds) From Legislation to Integration?. Migration, Minorities and Citizenship. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230374584_1
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