Campaign Against Immigration Laws week's issue of Time magazine informed its world-wide readership that Britain has a racial crisis on hands. nine-page feature included an 'exclusive' report that government wants to cut immigration to 5,000 a year.
If this is true it will of necessity involve the introduction of a whole range of oppressive measamong them the introduction of a register of family dependants. The scale of such a reduction ot Tal allo can only be achieved by the breaking agreements including the Treaty of Rome, which enables EEC workers to enter Britain freely The revelations in Time are an extension of the policy outlined by the present Home Secretary, speech in April 1978. Th William Whitelaw threats made then included the denial of the right of husbands and fiances the increased use of 'countermeasures to detect illegal immigrants' and 'encouragement' of those wishing to leave.
Since gaining office the Tories have already tight ened up procedures. This indicated culty wealth' face obtaining and increased use of the prison cell as a means of detaining children who are considered illegal immigrants.
For the autumn the government planning not just to tighten up the existing immigration laws introduce nationality Bill. This may render some people stateless and others could have their right to vote taken from them.
the light of these the Campaign Against Immigration planning country-wide LOWS speaking tour. CAIL also hopes that as many organisations as possible will mobilise for a national demonstration planned for late autumn in central London CAIL started up a year ago specifically to demand the repeal - 0t the 1971 Immigration Act and to oppose any future immigration controls. Regular newsletters nate beer published and during July simultaneous pickets were held outside prisons housing 'detainees the terms of the 1971 Act CAIL believes that it is only by such expressions opposition racist immigration laws that the fight against the new Tory proposals can be won. FOl further details of the campaign write to CAIL PO Box 133, ; Free BOOKS IOU Street, London N1.
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increased use of deporta- tions, the growing diffi- • the banning of all prams and LAWS!