ABSTRACT
One of the groups of individuals seeking to immigrate to Britain, who suffered from unequal treatment, as a result of the application of immigration policies, was nationals from the Indian sub-continent. Different theories of immigration have emerged over the course of the 50 years or so since the Second World War, a period which has seen changes in the degree and direction of international migration. The theories, which have been most accurately highlighted by Parekh, distinguish three attitudes towards immigration and stimulate three types of government policy on immigration: the liberal view, the centrist view, and the nationalist view. The immigration issue raised considerable controversy during the period of office of the Margaret Thatcher administration. This chapter reviews the literature on UK immigration policy under Thatcher. It focuses on some works of Zig Layton-Henry, Ann Dummett, Shamit Saggar, Paul Gordon and some others.
