A brief history of Britain’s immigration

 The story of Britain’s immigration policy begins in 1948 when the government allowed those living in UK Dominions or Commonwealth countries to live and work in Britain in the same way native Britons could. After more than expected entered Britain on this scheme, in 1968 the government implemented legislation to curtail immigration.

In 1997, Tony Blair’s government immediately took steps to significantly raise immigration levels in a deliberate effort to make Britain truly multicultural. The Conservative government outdid the Labour government and in 2022 Britain handed out a record 1.1 million visas for foreigners to work or live in the UK.

In 1949, the proportion of the non-white British was 0.1% of the population. Today the non-white population represents nearly 25% of the population. Rightly or wrongly, successive governments’ immigration policies have been unpopular and are an important driver of the protests, violence and ethnic violence that have erupted in the UK since the horrific murders of young children in Southport on 29 July....<<<Read More>>>...