{"id":1161,"date":"2013-08-15T19:11:24","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T19:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/refugeeresearch.net\/ms\/km\/?p=1161"},"modified":"2013-08-15T19:11:24","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T19:11:24","slug":"the-uks-immigration-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refugeeresearch.net\/ms\/km\/2013\/08\/15\/the-uks-immigration-crackdown\/","title":{"rendered":"The UK&#8217;s immigration crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is behind the country&#8217;s current policies?<\/p>\n<p>Al Jazeera&#8217;s The Stream<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Stream - The UK&#039;s immigration crackdown\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mwNH548P1Bg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6>Members of the Muslim community make their way to pray at the East London Mosque on the last day of Ramadan on August 7, 2013 in London, England.\u00a0(Dan Kitwood\/GETTY)<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<p>Immigration is at the top of the agenda in the UK and last week it made international headlines with so called \u2018racist vans\u2019 that prowled some of London\u2019s immigrant enclaves. In an effort to appeal to public sentiment, did the government crackdown on illegal immigration go too far, or was it the success the government says? We dissect the \u2018Go home or face arrest\u2019 billboards and ask whether the real problem is a broken system. Join us at 1930GMT<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The UK government has recently taken on a more\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/europe\/2013\/08\/20138123290348855.html\" target=\"_blank\">aggressive<\/a>\u00a0approach when it comes to immigration. It is an approach that some have\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/home-office-immigration-crackdown-accused-racism-060859897.html#LfL3FpZ\" target=\"_blank\">condemned<\/a>\u00a0as racist.\u00a0Earlier this month, the Home Office\u00a0<a style=\"line-height: 1.714285714;font-size: 1rem\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalpost.com\/dispatch\/news\/regions\/europe\/united-kingdom\/130802\/uk-go-home-campaign-immigration-home-office\" target=\"_blank\">sent<\/a>\u00a0vans, like the one in the image below, around London, that carried the message \u201cgo home or face arrest\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i.embed.ly\/1\/display\/resize?key=1e6a1a1efdb011df84894040444cdc60&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fimage_data%2Ffile%2F13936%2FOp_Vaken_van_960x640.jpg&amp;width=490\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i.embed.ly\/1\/display\/resize?key=1e6a1a1efdb011df84894040444cdc60&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FBQaPTVCCcAAHwPa.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Do I have to start carrying my passport around with me because I&#8217;m a brown girl? &#8211;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i.embed.ly\/1\/display\/resize?key=1e6a1a1efdb011df84894040444cdc60&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FBQl46uLCYAA2zvC.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"line-height: 1.714285714;font-size: 1rem\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i.embed.ly\/1\/display\/resize?key=1e6a1a1efdb011df84894040444cdc60&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FBQmNiHpCIAMXA2V.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>A suspected visa overstayer arrested at Swansea nail bar \u2013 94 suspected<a title=\"Search for this hashtag on Twitter.com\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23immigrationoffenders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">#immigrationoffenders<\/a>\u00a0arrested across UK\u00a0<a title=\"Open this link in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/aoBAXAHVJB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/aoBAXAHVJB<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i.embed.ly\/1\/display\/resize?key=1e6a1a1efdb011df84894040444cdc60&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FBQkf7GPCQAA57aH.png\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Let&#8217;s Play&#8230; UK Border Agency Simulator! http:\/\/<a title=\"Open this link in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/zmzZiJt0Xl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/zmzZiJt0Xl<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is behind the country&#8217;s current policies? Al Jazeera&#8217;s The Stream Members of the Muslim community make their way to pray at the East London Mosque on the last day of Ramadan on August 7, 2013 in London, England.\u00a0(Dan Kitwood\/GETTY) Immigration is at the top of the agenda in the UK and last week it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-migration-headlines"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The UK&#039;s immigration crackdown - Knowledge Migration<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/refugeeresearch.net\/ms\/km\/2013\/08\/15\/the-uks-immigration-crackdown\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The UK&#039;s immigration crackdown - Knowledge Migration\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What is behind the country&#8217;s current policies? 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