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Events relating to migration
In the four years since the discovery of gold, the population of California has leapt from 14,000 to 250,000
German immigrants arriving in the USA now outnumber even the Irish
Chinese immigrants to Australia are the victims of violent racial attacks at Lambing Flat
Congress passes a Chinese Exclusion Act, in the USA's first retreat from the policy of welcoming all immigrants
The first settlements of European Jews, returning to the promised land, are established in Palestine
Ellis Island in New York Bay opens as the point of reception for arriving immigrants
Theodor Herzl publishes The Jewish State, calling for a national homeland for all Jews
Australia passes an Immigration Restriction Act to underpin the White Australia policy
Foreign Secretary A.J. Balfour declares Britain's conditional support for a homeland in Palestine for the Jews
Australia, aiming for a 2% population increase each year, takes steps to encourage European immigration
The first West Indian immigrants to Britain arive from Jamaica on the Empire Windrush
Latin Americans in the USA stage the Great American Boycott, a day of non-cooperation to demand immigration reform
