Immigration and multiculturalism

David Cameron and Theresa May 2010 immigration cap The Paradox of the liberal state : James Hollifield. David Cameron questions multiculturalism Speech given by Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Home Secretary, on 'An immigration system that works in the national interest'. The speech was delivered on 12 December 2012. « With annual net migration still at 183,000 we have a way to go to achieve my ambition to reduce that number to the tens of thousands by the end of the parliament. »

Immigration and the press Fear of UK losing its « white » population Fear of overpopulation The Sun 29 March 2010, Yougov

David Cameron and social cohesion 14th April 2011 : Speech on immigration (address to Conservative Party members) “Pressures of immigration But I'm also clear about something else: for too long, immigration has been too high. Between 1997 and 2009, 2.2 million more people came to live in this country than left to live abroad. That's the largest influx of people Britain has ever had … and it has placed real pressures on communities up and down the country. Not just pressures on schools, housing and healthcare – though those have been serious … but social pressures too. […] So real integration takes time. That's why, when there have been significant numbers of new people arriving in neighbourhoods … perhaps not able to speak the same language as those living there … on occasions not really wanting or even willing to integrate … that has created a kind of discomfort and disjointedness in some neighbourhoods.”

Tony Blair, multiculturalism and skilled immigration Skilled immigration was part of his vision of London as a globalised hub 16th March 2015. The Telegraph (based on an interview with Trevor Philips for Channel 4 documentary.) It was not a “mistake” for Labour to open the borders to hundreds of thousands Eastern European migrants, Tony Blair has said, in a direct contradiction of Ed Miliband’s position. The former Prime Minister said his party must “argue” with voters like Gillian Duffy who are angered by its record on immigration – even if it means they vote for another party. Politicians must declare that free movement in Europe is a “good idea”, he said, warning that party leaders give the UK Independence Party “greater credibility” if they “indulge their rhetoric” rather than exposing their “ridiculous” plans, Mr Blair said.

Multiculturalism : a British tradition Celebrated in the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony 1970s Home Secretary Roy Jenkins, who described it as "not a flattening process of assimilation but equal opportunity accompanied by cultural diversity in an atmosphere of mutual tolerance." 1976 Race Relations Act “We celebrate the diversity in our country, we get strength from the cultures and races that go to make up Britain today.” Prime Minister Tony Blair, October 2, 2001

The Windrush scandal Who are the Windrush generation? Named the Windrush generation after British ship the Empire Windrush, which arrived at Tilbury Docks in Essex with 492 Caribbean passengers in 1948. However, under new immigation laws (passed by Theresa May between 2010 and 2016), these people were forced to prove continuous residence in the UK since 1973. As a result, some were denied access to state healthcare, made redundant from their jobs and even threatened with deportation.

Immigration policy British Nationality Act of 1948 1971 Immigration Act The British Nationality Act of 1981 The 1993 Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 2002 managed migration The Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 : probationary citizenship