Where did British people start imigrating to in the 1950s, and why?

Answer 1

Many people from Britiain started emigrating to other parts of the Commonwealth as it existed at the time, so there was an exodus to places like Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Rhodesia.

The reason was exactly the same as it is today - in search of a better life. Britain was suffering from a post-war economic depression and there was the prospect of starting a new life elsewhere.

Answer 2

Hundreds of thousand of Britons left UK for resettlement in Australia, New Zealand and Canada in the immediate post-war years following World War 2. This started in about 1947 with assisted passage - for example an assisted passage to Australia cost about £10 - with a three month sea journey.

Please note that until the late 1960s Australia maintained a 'whites only policy' on immigration.

Answer 3

A lot went to the three dominions of Canada,Australia and New Zealand as all three countries welcomed new immigrants especially skilled workers and professionals and as they were still developing countries the opportunities seemed endless and standards of living way better than the UK which was still recovering from war.For instance rationing didn't finish in UK until the early fifties and the majority lived in cramped houses with no indoor plumbing.The colonies were a new start.

Answer 4

As you may have gathered by now, the answer is Australia. Britain, as one poster put, had been sending people to Australia for years, but what made this different from previous times, is then you no longer needed to have a criminal record.

Answer 5

A lot came to Australia.Reasons....
1. Britains economy shot
2. Assisted passage to Oz ..only 10 pound[$20] to get here with job and housing guaranteed
3. Plenty of work

Answer 6

Australia because it only cost £10 each person to get there on the Canberra ship i remember

Answer 7

You might find they were doing that for years. That's how the white people ended up in Australasian south pacific

Answer 8

The majority emigrated to Australia........But generally were not accepted.........They were also called POMEs.....This stood for Prisoners Of Mother England......Because in the early days our prisoners were sent to Australia....But the laugh was on us.........As they made Australia into a fantastic country in which to live....................
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Answer 9

Australia.

It is much nicer than England. and it only cost them 10 pounds (hence they became known as 10 pound Poms)

Answer 10

Surely they emigrated rather than immigrating.