English Literature A-Level
Immigration
What Immigration means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Immigration
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The movement of people into Britain, shown here through a dangerous sea arrival, clandestine work and insecure housing.
Topics that use Immigration
- Component 3: Poetry – Section A: Post-2000 Poetry – Poems of the Decade: An Anthology of the Forward Books of Poetry 2002–2011 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Ageing and mortality
- Alienation
- Birth and Creation
- Bodily Autonomy
- Childhood and Innocence
- Childhood and Memory
- Cultural contrast and displacement
- Dehumanisation and the 'Other'
Using Immigration in the exam
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