The graph and chart below give information about migration in the UK. The chart shows the number of immigrants and how long they intended to stay from 2000 to 2008, and the pie chart shows the reasons for migration in 2008. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main featur...
Brexit has completely failed for UK, say clear majority of Britons – poll | Brexit | The Guardian Sahara migrant smuggling: Double-edged sword of overturning Niger’s ban – BBC News Conflict in Israel and Gaza, in Photos – The New York Times (nytimes.com) Heat: Th...
Referred to by locals as simply “the Village”, the exorbitantly high housing costs have caused artists to flee to SoHo, TriBeCa and more recently Williamsburg and Bushwick. Home to many celebrities, you might spot Uma Thurman, Edward Norton or Matthew Broderick who live in the village. Often...
Beth from the UK (who was also on a work sabbatical) and the three of us spent the next day touring around Kuching, most notably in the random ‘upside-down house’ we stumbled across (also lauding itself as the first in Kuching!)....
At the start of the 20th century, New York City welcomed millions of immigrants in search of a better life. Many of them stayed in NYC, particularly in the tenement housing on the city’s lower east side.The Tenement Museum, located in the same neighborhood where these new arrivals lived ...
a lot of the immigrants are from countries likely to be our enemies in a war! What are the government playing at? They need to get a grip! Mickey Taking January 20, 2024 Can’t we buy from USA? AND probably better quality too! Saves us melting Chinese down to improve purity. gle...
This dispersal policy marked a shift from a decentralised system, in which asylum seekers were free to choose where to live, towards a centralised and national support and accommodation system, in which eligibility for welfare provision was linked to the decision to accept dispersed housing on a ...
synagogues in the States, Mickve Israel Temple was founded in 1735 by a group of 42 Sephardic Jewish immigrants who had arrived from London a couple of years earlier. Over the decades, the community and congregation flourished and relocated to their current site alongside Monterey Square in ...
Built in CE 857 by Tunisian immigrants from the holy city of Kairouan, the Qaraouiyine Mosque was a thriving center of theological study and one of the medieval period's most distinguished universities. It vies for title of the oldest university in the world with the Al Azhar Mosque in Cai...
The population grew rapidly in the 1840s with the arrival of many Irish migrants escaping the Great Famine. The city continued to attract immigrants from all over Europe, necessitating the building of rows of terraced housing which can still be seen today. Liverpool was badly hit by the Great...