Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962

the the peak is between 1955 and 1963 so during the um the elka struggle and in the first couple of years after the um declaration of separate independence uh in the second period between 1960 and 1963 almost 90 percent of every emigrant from Cyprus migrated to the UK.

And this was brought to a halt around 1962-1963 because the UK introduced the Commonwealth Migration Act that made it obligatory for all Commonwealth migrants to obtain a work permit in order to be able to migrate to the UK.

So obviously a lot of people from around the former British colonies sort of rushed and scrambled to find themselves in the UK before they had to apply for all this paperwork.

So alongside their culture, of course Cypriots bring language.