UK’s historical development has created a contemporary society with multinational and multicultural characteristics. Since the European Union’s expansion to welcome 10 new states, UK has experienced an influx of immigrants, arriving from all around the world for various religious, personal, and political reasons. Regardless of their reasons to leave their home country, UK has been the place for them to start a new life. Immigration in the UK can be a controversial issue that is at times considered detrimental to the country or as something that contributes wealth to the nation. Regardless of these opposing viewpoints, immigration has and will continue to change UK’s social ad political culture as well as its economy; it remains one of the factors that have shaped UK’s contemporary society.
The history of settlement in the UK dates back to 800-200BC with the movement of Celtic people into Britain from Europe. They were soon followed by the Roman military, which......
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