Immigrants Awaiting Outside Court-Room, Blackwall Pier 1906

The Immigration Act of 1906 was the first legal mechanism for enforcing a policy of selective categories of prohibited immigrants and it put into law the right of the government to deport undesirables. Drawing showing immigrate families at a court-house at Blackwall Pier, East India Docks, appealing to remain in Britain

Appealing Appeals Awaiting Blackwall Cases Decision Deport Enforcing Immigrant Immigrants Immigration Permission

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