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The Story of the Pakistani Community in Wakefield, West Yorkshire
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Rural Pakistan

Most of the migrants came from rural areas of Pakistan, and the urban environment of Wakefield represented a very different lifestyle. Children who had grown up running barefoot in fields suddenly found themselves living in small houses with much less space and freedom to roam.

 

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