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Group of political radicals or anarchists, members of the 'Federation of Jewish Anarchists'.

Group of political radicals or anarchists, members of the 'Federation of Jewish Anarchists'.
* Moving Here catalogue reference (JML) 1986.68.2


Photograph of Russian immigrants arriving in Grimsby, c.1900.

Photograph of Russian immigrants arriving in Grimsby, c.1900.
* Moving Here catalogue reference (MJM) PD1778/14

  

Acts of Parliament - immigration and naturalisation

The first migration laws in Britain date from 1793 when many refugees were escaping from revolutionary France. This selection of Acts of Parliament covers both immigration and naturalisation legislation over a period of nearly 200 years.

* Regulation of Aliens Act 1793
* Regulations of Aliens Act 1816
* Registration of Aliens Act 1826
* Registration of Aliens Act 1836
* Naturalisation Act 1844
* Naturalisation Act 1847
* Naturalisation Act 1870
* Aliens Act 1905
* Aliens Registration Act 1914
* Aliens Restriction Act 1919
* British Nationality Act 1948
* Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962
* Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1968
* The Immigration Act 1971

Anarchists

The Jewish anarchist movement at the beginning of the 20th century in London had its origins in the immigrant community from Eastern Europe. One of its most influential members was Rudolph Rocker who, although he was a gentile from Germany, learned Yiddish and lived in the Jewish community.

* Anarchists

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