The UK as a diverse society

Britain is a multicultural nation of around 60.6 million people from different racial, religious and cultural backgrounds.

Different communities have settled in the UK and, for centuries, have left their own legacies. Today, approximately 4.6 million people - or 7.9 per cent of the population - are from a minority ethnic group according to the 2001 Census. Some groups who have settled in the UK since the first millennium include:

• the Celts. They lived in Britain from the first millennium BC but were pushed into Scotland, Wales and Cornwall after the Roman invasion
• many Romans, who settled in the UK after the successful Roman invasions. They also brought the first black people to Britain
• settlers from Northern Europe. These include the Danes, Angles and Saxons who came to the UK as Roman authority was collapsing
• Jewish settlers started to arrive after 1066, gypsies came in the 16th century, and Muslims from the 18th century onwards
• after the collapse of the British Empire, the UK attracted immigrants from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh in the 1960s - 1970s and from the Caribbean in 1940s and 50s
• political and religious refugees and asylum seekers are frequently granted refuge in the UK today
• the expansion of the European Union has seen a number of eastern Europeans come to the UK in recent years.

Reference：
http://ukinchina.fco.gov.uk/zh/visiting-the-uk/about-uk/people-politics/multicultural-britain