'Unfortunately many people who can somehow instinctively feel that the Bill is all about racism, actually misunderstand and underestimate the consequences of the proposals.
posing racism seem to think that what is being proposed is just another form of Immigration Act -aimed at keeping yet more black people out... In fact the Bill is pretty: much based on the assumption that the 'battle' against black immigraOffice and other government agencies.
are moving towards a situation where any black person will have to prove that s/he is legally entitled to basic facilities.
Black people have been Most people concerned with opasked for their passports being allowed to apply for supplementary benefit outers lave been refused NHS treatment.
In case a doctor who referred a patient to tion has already been won.
ing the security, status and rights of It is about redefining many black people already here as second class citizens.
logical leap from immigration control to the control of 'immigrants' once here.' 'The Thin End of the White Wedge' St Bartholomews Hospital in London discovered that the hospital authorities had contacted the DHSS and nau oeen sent une lmigration history of the palent A DHSS spokesperson It is about making the huge, but stated relation to the case that hospitals had a duty to check whether someone 'an ordinary resident or legal immigrant' In other words, any black person is subject to investigation and to welfare authorities being sent information on them the Home Office computer in which records of immigrants are kept.
The Nationality Bill will increase this process of interna surveillance black people and lay the more DaSs frightening developments It is no exaggeration to say along the road to pin law system in Britain If you want to fight the development of racism then you should get hold of this pamphlet.
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What it is actually about is attack- black people already living in the UK.