A similarly increasing number of British migrants also retained an interest in the sport.
Since 2003, the number of British migrants coming to South Africa has risen by 50%.
It was built to house migrant intakes from countries all over the world, but in its early inception was predominately filled with British migrants.
The British migrants are hardly alone.
The campaign was launched by the government in a bid to increase the number of British migrants settling in Australia.
These policies effectively allowed for the privileging of British migrants over all others through the first decades of the 20th century.
An estimated 20,000 British migrants moved to South Africa in 2007.
It restricted non-white immigration to Australia and allowed for the privileging of British migrants over all others.
Out of the 1.3 million British migrants to Australia in the period from 1861-1914, 13.5 percent were Scots.
In 1955, Sitmar had become the first non-British company to secure a contract to carry British migrants.