immigration into Britain

By IsabellErnst

  • 10.000 west Indians came to Britain

  • Economic growth in Britian slowed down.

  • The Immigration act: Black and Asian black had to have a employment voucher before they could Inter Britian.

    Now blacks who lived in Britian didn't have the same civil rights as white British.

  • The Commenwealth Immigration Act

    Kenyan asians with a British Passport was not allowed to enter Britian.

  • Immigration became harder

    legislation meant that a British passport holder born overseas could only settle in Britain if they, firstly, had a work permit and, secondly, could prove that a parent or grandparent had been born in the UK.

  • Comission for Racial Equality

    Thegovernment established the Comission for Racial Equality to tackleracial discrimination.

  • Ahighnumber of street riots against the police

    Thepolice weretargeting more and more black young men, believing that it would stop street crimes.This causeda number of riots.

  • non-white Politicians were selected

    four non-white politicians were elected at the same General Election

  • Stephen Lawence murdered

    Was Handled bad by the police

  • 1998-2002 45,000 people arrived from Africa, 22,700 from the Indian sub-continent, 25,000 from Asia and almost 12,000 from the Americas. 125,000 people were allowed to settle in the UK in 2000.

  • new anti-discrimination legislation

    Stephen Lawrence murdere led to a new anti-discrimination legislation

  • the British National Party won three local council seats

    And were blamed for roits in nothen towns