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Jamaicans Return to England as West Indian Labor Flows Shift
In Jamaica a migration trend reverses three centuries of movement, with over 12 000 Jamaicans moving to Britain in two years and only about one in a hundred returning. English employers recruit West Indian workers amid postwar shortages, while local officials warn unemployment remains Jamaica’s top issue.
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Phil Mangelsford
Kingston
Jamaica
West Indies
Promised Land
New World
England
Britain
Sage
Caribbean
Wills Isaacs
William Alexander Bustamante