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1905
Aliens Act
Only people with money or jobs could migrate to Britain
First time Britain, put restrictions on who could enter wasn’t applied to Belgian refugees
1976
Illegal to discriminate on grounds of race, nationality, or ethnic origin
1914
WW1 begins
1926
British Commonwealth set up
1945
WW2 ends
1947
India gains independence and split into India and Pakistan
1948
NHS created
1968
Enoch Powell rivers of blood speech
1981
Race riots in Brixton
1993
Stephen Lawrence murdered
2016
Brexit
2020
Black lives matter
Becomes international protest movement
1962
Commonwealth Immigrants Act
Introduced voucher system
Only those with valuable skill or could do a job where there was a shortage of workers could get a voucher
1971
The Immigration Act
Replaced vouchers with work permits for a specified time
Didn’t apply to people with British born
1998
National Minimum Wage Act
Greater worker writes made Britain more attractive place to live and work
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