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10.000 west Indians came to Britain
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Economic growth in Britian slowed down.
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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.
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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