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Immigration Immigrants Commonwealth Uk People Act Allowed Asylum

Vorderseite Immigration Policy in the UK
Rückseite til 1940s no Immigrants into Britain
After WWII, immigration from Commonwealth Countries
1950s "Windrush Generation", young people who were hoping for a better life (caused problem of racial tension)
1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act
1968 "Rivers of Blood speech" by Enoch Powell, criticised mass immigration, public approval 
1960/70s More and more unemployment
1980s restrictions, controls
1981 not all Commonwealth Citiziens were allowed to come any longer, only under special circumstances
1993 Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act -> people from Europe are allowed to come 
2008 Point-based immigration system
2015-2017 Migrants wanted to enter the UK through Calais illegally
Currently: 12% of the population was born abroad
What will happen after Brexit?
they try to support asylum seekers and to identify illegal immigrants

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