Western European migration to Britain refers to migration to the British Isles or to the United Kingdom from countries or regions commonly regarded as part of Western Europe. The first humans in the British Isles travelled there from western Europe, and ever since large numbers of people from that region have settled in Britain. Today, large numbers of British citizens were born in western European countries or can trace their ancestry there.
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Western European migration to Britain refers to migration to the British Isles or to the United Kingdom from countries or regions commonly regarded as part of Western Europe. The first humans in the British Isles travelled there from western Europe, and ever since large numbers of people from that region have settled in Britain. Today, large numbers of British citizens were born in western European countries or can trace their ancestry there.
There are estimated to be around 400,000 people of French nationality living in the UK, most of them in London, a mix of students, businesspeople and general economic migrants.
However, a much larger number of British people have French ancestry due to waves of immigration from France throughout Britain's history. Much of Britain's mediaeval aristocracy was descended from Franco-Norman migrants to England at or after the time of the Norman Conquest. The Huguenots were French Protestant who in the 16th and 17th centuries fled religious...
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