Migration in history
- The first black immigrants came to Britain as early as the 1500s.
- The first Indian MP, Dadabhai Naoroji, was elected in 1892 in Finsbury.
- Two symbols of British motoring, the Morris Minor and the Mini, were designed by Sir Alec Issigonis, a refugee who fled to Britain in 1922 during the war between Turkey and Greece.
- Arthur Wharton became Britain's first black professional football player in 1896.
- The British culinary institution of fried fish and chips was introduced centuries ago by Jewish refugees fleeing from Portugal, and the nation's number one dish, chicken tikka masala, was created by Indian immigrants in the 20th century to suit the British palate.