The background story

Things to do

Find out more about the reasons why some of these people migrated. In the Historical background section above there are some brief notes to start you off.

• What was the political situation in Cyprus in the 1960s? (linked to Angela’s story)

• Why did Asian families have to leave Uganda in 1972? (linked to Vinodrai’s story)

• What factors pushed people to leave Caribbean islands and Pakistan and pulled them to come to the UK? (linked to Jane, Robert, Michael, Kubra and Anisa)

• What changes in Somalia and Lithuania in the 1990s led many people to leave their countries? (linked to Hannah and Luke)

• Why have so many from French-speaking Mauritius come to live in the UK? (linked to Danielle and Bevin)

You could take one of these enquiries as a special project and find people in your community who have direct experience: relatives of some pupils, perhaps, or adults working in the school.

[NB. for the teacher: You will find some background notes in the  Teachers' Pack - see Introduction to Learning Resources]