The Promised Land?
A report out this week highlights a big increase in the number of people turned back by suspicious immigration officers at Britain's ports and airports. In the last few months, authorities have been mounting so-called ' fishing expeditions ' to search for illegal immigrants living here. One reason for this tightening up of the rules, is a significant change in the interpretation of the law. Roger Cook reports on growing concern among the immigrant community that people who have every right to live here are being affected, and that race relations are being harmed.
Research SHARON BANOFF and TREVOR BARNES
Producer JOHN SMITHSON long wave only