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The first significant wave of migration from Latin America to the United Kingdom occurred in the 1970s, catalyzed in part by the Immigration Act of 1971. [6] Prior to this legislation, strict rules limited work permits or residency in mainland UK to individuals from current or former British overseas colonies and territories. [ 6 ]
Brazilians came to the UK from the 1980s onwards to study, but once they arrived some discovered that the major cities' (in particular London's) ethnic and cultural diversity offered more professional opportunities. [1] In part, this immigration of Brazilians to the UK is a consequence of the economic possibility of travel. [1]
Early sources for Roman names show numerous variants and spellings of the Latin names. The modern canonical name is listed first. In general, only the earliest source is shown for each name, although many of the names are recorded in more than one of the sources.
Mexicans in the United Kingdom or Mexican Britons (Spanish: Mexicanos en el Reino Unido) include Mexican-born immigrants to the United Kingdom and their British-born descendants. Although a large percentage of Mexican-born people in the UK are international students , many are also permanently settled and work in the UK as the community expands ...
Latin American migration to Europe has been growing rapidly since the mid-1960s. The first migrants consisted of Chilean and Argentine refugees, these were followed by Colombians and many other Latin American groups in the early 1970s. [4] Many Colombians came to work in the UK on visas mainly in the domestic services and catering industries.
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. ( August 2008 ) This is a list of notable Latin Americans in the United Kingdom people, including British people of Latin American ancestry and Latin American-born immigrants.
When approximately 2,500 Chilean exiles (including businessmen, professors, and students) arrived in Great Britain escaping the military coup d'etat of September 11, 1973, they were met by a small community of Latin Americans who were already there. During Pinochet's dictatorship thousands of people were assassinated and many others were exiled ...
The earliest cities (Latin: civitas) in Britain were the fortified settlements organised by the Romans as capitals of the Celtic tribes under Roman rule.The British clerics of the early Middle Ages later preserved a traditional list of the "28 Cities" (Old Welsh: cair) which was mentioned in De Excidio Britanniae [c] and Historia Brittonum.