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<ref name="Popkin, Jeremy D 2016">Popkin, Jeremy D. A Short History of the French Revolution. London: Routledge, 2016. Print.</ref>
However, the majority of the émigrés left France not in 1789 at the crux of the revolution, but in 1792 after the warfare had broken out. Unlike the privileged classes who had voluntarily fled earlier, those displaced by war were driven out by fear for their lives and were of lower status and lesser or no means.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|title = The French Emigres in Europe and the Struggle against Revolution, 1789-1814 (review)
== Motivation to leave ==
As the notions of political freedom and equality spread, people began developing different opinions on who should reap the benefits of active citizenship. The political unity that the revolutionaries once had begun to fizzle out by 1791, although they had succeeded in establishing a [[Constitutional monarchy]].
Simultaneously, the Revolution was plagued with many problems. In addition to political divisions, they were dealing with the hyperinflation of the [[National Convention]]'s fiat paper currency, the ''[[assignat]]s,'' revolts against authority in the countryside, slave uprisings in colonial territories such as the [[Haitian Revolution]], and no peaceful end in sight. Someone had to be blamed for the failures of the revolution, and it certainly could not be the fault of the revolutionaries for they were on the side of liberty and justice. As Thomas E. Kaiser argues in his article "From the Austrian Committee to the Foreign Plot: Marie-Antoinette, Austrophobia, and the Terror", centuries of [[Austrophobia]] was reincarnated into a firm belief in an Austrian led conspiracy aiming to thwart the revolution.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|title = From the Austrian Committee to the Foreign Plot: Marie-Antoinette, Austrophobia, and the Terror|url = https://muse.jhu.edu/journals/french_historical_studies/v026/26.4kaiser.html|journal = French Historical Studies|date = 2003-01-01|issn = 1527-5493|pages = 579–617|volume = 26|issue = 4|first = Thomas|last = Kaiser|doi = 10.1215/00161071-26-4-579}}</ref> Kaiser states that the Foreign Plot:
<blockquote>consisted of a massive, multilayered conspiracy by counterrevolutionary agents abetted by the allies, who allegedly—and quite possibly in reality—sought to undermine the Republic through a coordinated effort to corrupt government officials associated with the more moderate wing of the Jacobin establishment and to defame the government by mobilizing elements on the extreme left."<ref name=":3" /></blockquote>
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None of you murd'ring Frenchmen to England shall come over. ...
|source = — From "Jolly Jack of Dover," a popular anti-émigré song from early 1793.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Leyland|first=John|title=Some Ballads and Songs of the Sea|
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Emigrants primarily settled in London and [[Soho]], the latter had grown into a thriving French cultural district, complete with French hotels and cuisine, although it had long been a haven for French exiles, housing many thousands of Frenchmen from the last mass migration which occurred in reaction to the [[Edict of Nantes]].<ref name=":4" /> Here the French had a somewhat easier transition into English society, but to say emigrating to this district was easy is to dismiss how truly austere their circumstance; "money remained a chronic concern and hunger a constant companion" (Whittaker).<ref name=":4" /> Most people just picked back up the trades they had in France, and aristocrats found themselves having to seek employment for the first time in years.<ref name=":4" /> Those who were educated often offered their services as instructors in French, dancing, and fencing.<ref name="Macmillin"/> Those who had no knowledge of skills that would benefit them as laborers turned to crime.<ref name=":4" /> The truly elite émigrés settled in [[Marylebone]], [[Richmond, London|Richmond]], and [[Hampstead]]. The politics of these areas were extremely royalist. In contrast, émigrés from the lower classes of society often settled in St. Pancras and St. George's Fields. Both of these areas facilitated the ability of the émigrés to maintain their Catholic faith. In [[St Pancras, London|St. Pancras]], émigrés were allowed to use the Anglican church, and for occasions of particular significance, they were allowed to worship without any interference from the Anglican clergy. In [[Saint George's Fields|St. George's Fields]], the Chapel of Notre-Dame was opened in 1796. These poorer émigrés were an eclectic group. They included widows, men wounded in war, the elderly, the ecclesiastics, and some provincial nobility along with domestic servants. It has been noted that "there was little that these émigrés had in common besides their misfortunes and their stoic perseverance in the absence of any alternative"<ref name="Macmillin"/> Malnutrition and poor living conditions led to an onslaught of maladies, and death did not quite put an end to their suffering for even posthumously their families were beset with the financial burden of administering their funeral rites.<ref name=":4" />
The number of refugees fleeing into Britain reached its climax in autumn of 1792. In September alone, a total of nearly 4000 refugees landed in Britain. The number of displaced persons who found themselves in Great Britain was high, although the exact number is debated, it is believed to be in the thousands. The uncontrolled influx of foreigners created significant anxiety in government circles and the wider community. After much debate, the Parliament of Great Britain passed the [[Aliens Act 1793|Aliens Act of 1793]] which served to regulate and reduce immigration. Those entering the country were required to give their names, ranks, occupations, and addresses to the local Justice of Peace.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The 1905 Aliens Act {{!}} History Today|url = http://www.historytoday.com/anne-kershen/1905-aliens-act|website = www.historytoday.com|accessdate = 2015-12-18}}</ref> Those who did not comply, were deported or imprisoned. Community concern at the influx of French refugees slowly abated as time passed and the circumstances of the French Revolution became better known, and there is considerable evidence of charitable and hospitable acts toward the émigrés.<ref name=":4">{{Cite
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