Deportation:Some Ins and Outs

Professor Tim ConnellGresham College

The Twentieth Century

A long history

• Expulsion of the Jews in 1290 (and return in 1657)

• The Huguenots• Refugees from the

Czarist Empire• Internal exile to Siberia

The Sidney Street siege

No single view

“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to be free”

Push factors

No single source

From Cambodia to Darfur

Natural Disasters

Suffer little children

5 Tier Points-Based System

Tier 1 - for highly skilled individuals, who can contribute to growth and productivity

Tier 2 - for skilled workers with a job offer, to fill gaps in the United Kingdom workforce

Tier 3 - for limited numbers of low-skilled workers needed to fill temporary labour shortages (currently suspended)

Tier 4 - for students

Tier 5 - for temporary workers and young people covered by the Youth Mobility Scheme, who are allowed to work in the United Kingdom for a limited time to satisfy primarily non-economic objectives

We and They