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Recently, there have been many [?] of immigration into Britain and movement within the UK. For example, [?] people from Wales, Scotland and Ireland have settled in England; and Jews, [?] , Germans, and Poles have come to Britain during political [?] in the rest of Europe. Commonwealth [?] were allowed free entry into Britain until 1962. Before the Second World War these immigrants were mostly people from Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. In the 1950s, people from the West Indies, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Hong Kong were encouraged to come and work in Britain. [?], 2 million British people are of West Indian or Asian origin and over 50 per cent of them were born in Britain. The new immigrant communities are concentrated in the following towns and cities: London, Slough, Leicester, Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Luton, Bradford, Coventry, Bedford, Reading and Sandwell. The main languages of the Asian immigrants are Urdu, Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, and Cantonese (Chinese).

Nowadays the policy is to encourage these communities to continue [?] their own languages as well as English. The children of immigrants are often taught their own languages in school, and there are special [?] , magazines, and radio and television [?] for the Asian community. The West Indians, of course, arrive speaking English, but they do have their own culture which they wish to keep alive. They also have their own newspapers, and radio and television programmes.

This latest wave of immigration has of course caused problems. There is certainly racial tension and racial prejudice in Britain today. In spite of laws passed to protect them, there is still [?] against Asian and black people, many of whom are [?] or in low-paid jobs. However, the atmosphere is improving and the different races are slowly great to trust one another. In a wide [?] programme white school-children, teachers, policemen and social workers are learning about the problems and customs of their new neighbours.

There are many areas in Britain now where racial harmony is a reality. British [?] is being enriched through its contact with other cultures. For example, the British are becoming more adventurous in their [?] and eating habits, and Chinese, Indian and Pakistani restaurants are very popular. Another example can be found in the pop music scene where West Indian reggae music has become very influential.