Editing Jersey (section)

==== History of immigration ====
Until the 19th century, there was generally limited immigration to the island, especially by English people. Jersey was quite far from Britain (taking days to travel between England and the islands){{fact|date=May 2024}} and culturally distinct (the locals predominantly speaking Norman French).<ref name="Le Feuvre-1994" /> However, from the 16th to 19th centuries, Jersey became home to French religious refugees, particularly Protestants after the repeal of the [[Edict of Nantes]].<ref name="Boleat-2014" />

From the early 19th century, the island's economic boom attracted economic migrants. By 1841, of the 47,544 population, 11,338 were born in the British Isles outside of Jersey. From the 1840s onwards, agricultural workers came from neighbouring Brittany and mainland Normandy, both due to the booming economy of Jersey and the economic situation in northern France. The new potato season coincided with the time of least agricultural activity in Brittany and Normandy. While many returned to France, some settled in the island.<ref name="Boleat-2014">{{Cite book |last=Boleat |first=Mark |url=https://www.boleat.com/materials/jerseys_population_1.pdf |title=Jersey's population – a history |year=2014 |access-date=18 March 2022 |archive-date=7 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307200509/https://www.boleat.com/materials/jerseys_population_1.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

Between 1851 and 1921, the Jersey population fell by 12.8% (possibly up to 18%). The economic boom ended in the 1850s leading to significant emigration, including to British colonies. A 1901 report by the States concluded that by 1921, the number of births to foreign-born fathers would be equal to those to Jersey-born fathers, describing the immigration situation as a "formidable invasion, although peaceful", and predicted this would have a large impact on the island's socio-political situation.<ref name="Boleat-2014" />

After [[World War II]], when the island had only 55,244 residents, it saw a period of rapid population increase. By 1991, the population was 84,082. The booming tourism industry required a large volume of relatively low cost labour, so the island turned to [[Madeira]] for seasonal staff. Between 1961 and 1981, the Portuguese-born population grew 0.2% to 3.1% of the population. In 2021, this figure was 8%. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the new source of cheap labour for the island has been Polish people, whose population has grown from non-existent to 3%.<ref name="Boleat-2014" />

Immigration has helped give aspects of Jersey a distinct urban character, particularly in and around the parish of St Helier. This has led to ongoing debates about the incompatibility of development and sustainability throughout the island.<ref>Johnson, Henry (2016) [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/306058256_Encountering_Urbanization_on_Jersey_Development_Sustainability_and_Spatiality_in_a_Small_Island_Setting Encountering Urbanization on Jersey: Development, Sustainability, and Spatiality in a Small Island Setting] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911063358/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/306058256_Encountering_Urbanization_on_Jersey_Development_Sustainability_and_Spatiality_in_a_Small_Island_Setting |date=11 September 2016 }}. ''Urban Island Studies''.</ref>