ABSTRACT
This chapter attempts to widen perceptions of the immigration issue by analysing the views of those who administer and interpret the contemporary immigration regime, such as, civil servants, adjudicators, and immigration police. It examines how the immigration officials in Glasgow perceive the immigration policies and procedures, and how civil servants in London view the Conservative government's immigration policies of the 1980s. Adjudicators play a very important role in the immigration appeals, for once a person's immigration case is refused he/she can apply to the immigration appellate authority. The chapter focuses on the response of the civil servants or policy makers to the criticisms people from the Indian sub-continent and some MPs have made about immigration procedures. The Home Office is concerned with control on entry and after entry. The Migration and Visa Unit of the Foreign and Commonwealth office is responsible for entry clearance work overseas.
