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Since the election of the New Labour government in 1997, immigration has been high on the political agenda, with measures to control the numbers of asylum seekers entering the UK, and then a policy of ‘managed migration’ to encourage economic migration where it is seen to benefit the UK economy.
Both immigration policy and immigration flows have therefore changed
significantly during this period and are continuing to do so.
Undocumented or
‘illegal’ migration has also become an increasing focus of interest, with
concern from many quarters about the exploitation and conditions of migrants,
particularly following the death of at least 21 Chinese migrant workers in
Morecambe Bay in 2004 while picking cockles. But at the same time government policy has become increasingly stringent in relation to border controls and
tackling ‘abuse’ of the immigration system.
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