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An Active Member Of International Organisations

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In my assignment I will establish the distinct and insightful changes that Britain and the British have encountered since 1945 including Britain becoming an active member of international organisations, not least the United Nations, of which it was a founder member and held a permanent seat on the Security Council. When the Second World War ended there was a spike in population, matched by rapidly rising expectations about lifestyle. Large-scale immigration made the population ethnically far more diverse, with important cultural consequences. In the years immediately after the war, new arrivals came from all over Europe. These included a small number of German prisoners of war and a larger number of refugees from the Communist regimes in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. From the Indian subcontinent, the majority of immigrants arrived in Britain during the 1950s and 1960s. Although often associated together as one group by white Britons, these newcomers had arrived from a variety of backgrounds. They included Hindus from the Gujarat region of western India, Sikhs from the eastern Punjab region, and Muslims both from the west part of Pakistan and from East Pakistan. By 1970 there were about 375,000 Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs residing in Britain, however the Irish remained the largest immigrant community living in Britain. In addition, social and cultural change also reflected the extent to which the population became more individualistic and less deferential. The moral

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