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TITLE OF PRODUCT:

Moving To Britain – Events of 1901. Debates on Alien Immigration at this time

NAME OF AUTHOR(S):

The National Archives

PLACE AND DATE OG PUBBLICATION:

London, UK

TYPE OF PRODUCT:

Article, Web Article

LANGUAGE/S OF PRODUCT:

English

DESCRIPTION OF CONTENTS:

There are sections on:

Exodus from Europe: (Jews escaping the Russian progroms)

Immigration into Britain: (Politics of the time)

Restricting Immigration: (1902 Royal Commission on Immigration/1905 Aliens Act)

Immigration in the Census: (Concentration of immigrants in Stepney)

COMMENTS ON THIS DOCUMENT:

The choice of ‘Moving To Britain’ as one of the sections in ‘Events of 1901’ demonstrates the importance of the issue and debate on Alien Immigration at this time.

The article includes several useful links to related items

NAME OF COMPILER:

Liz Peadon

NAME OF INSTITUTION:

CREDS, Cambridgeshire County Council

ROLE:

Tutor/Researcher



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