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How does the UK treat immigrants and ethnic minorities?

Friday, 10 April 2015 9:52 AM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 14 April 2015 4:09 PM ]

Immigration has become a major theme of the 2015 election campaigns.

Immigration has become a major theme of the election campaign, with right-wing anti-immigrant parties such as UKIP rising in popularity.

Immigration has become a major battleground in the UK election and all parties are seeking to persuade the electorate that the UK's borders are safe in their hands.

A poll conducted earlier this year suggested 76% of the population believe that immigration levels should be reduced.

This popular sentiment has caused a rise in the prominence of the anti-immigration UK Independence Party (UKIP) which recently came first in the UK's elections for the European Parliament.

UKIP believes that the UK should leave the European Union. They say that this would allow the country to “take control of its borders” because EU nationals would no longer be able to come to live in the UK as they can at the moment.

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