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“White” Africans in modern Great Britain: specificity of migrants from South Africa

Karpov Grigory

PhD in History

Junior Research Associate at the Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

123001, Russia, Moscow, ul. Spiridonovka, 30/1

gkarpov86@mail.ru

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Abstract.

This article is dedicated to examination of the migration from South Africa to Great Britain during the XX-XXI centuries, as well as peculiarities of establishment of the South African diaspora in the country. The author meticulously reviews the dynamics of migration flow from South Africa to Great Britain throughout the XX century, the key channels of arrival and ways of legalization of South Africans at the turn of the XX-XXI centuries. Special attention is given to analysis of discrepancies between the migration of South Africans of European ancestry and migration of the indigenous African population of South Africa. The specificity of identity of the persons of South African descent with British roots and the role of English language for the migrants from South Africa is examined in details. Before the fall of Apartheid regime in 1994, the migration of South Africans to Great Britain did not carry mass character; it has reached its pinnacle in the end of 1990’s – 2000’s. The absolute majority of South Africans in Great Britain are referred to the ethnic group of the “White” and represents the migrants of British (less commonly European) descent. The portion of the indigenous African population among the migrants from South Africa does not exceed 3-4%. South African diaspora is a rare case of extremely successful and non-confrontational integration to British society. For South Africa, the outflow of European population has resulted in a heavy shortage of qualified specialists. Overall, the attraction of migrants of European descents from South Africa, perhaps, could be favorable for the British authorities, strengthen the British identity and increase the portion of white population in the country.
Keywords: racism, identity, diaspora, integration, migration, United Kingdom, South Africa, apartheid, demography, Africans

DOI:

10.25136/2409-868X.2018.4.25787

Article was received:

20-03-2018

Review date:

21-03-2018

Publish date:

22-03-2018

This article written in Russian. You can find full text of article in Russian here .

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