What logic underpins British immigration law? LWT's multicultural series Skin explores the position of government: that the regulation of immigration will lead to improved race relations. The consequence of the rise of racist parties like the National Front was the mainstreaming of restrictive immigration policy that sought to restrict the amount of racialised migrants in Britain, which was conducted under the guise of approving community relations and 'encouraging racial harmony'.

In this first of a two-part report, Skin moves through a series of personal interviews with victims of those caught in the shifting approaches to immigration. The impact of these policies on Black Britons and the changes in our legal system are critically analysed.
This episode is one of many multicultural programmes on immigration that would functionally analyse the government's approach and reveal the mainstream effect of the rise of right-wing racist, nationalistic movements in Britain.

The burden of British racism is placed upon the immigrant. The consequences of this philosophy are shown here in immigration raids and immigration law. Victims of the system are suddenly forced to understand the intricacies of immigration law, as people are arrested and deported because of often arbitrary and cruel changes in the law intended to punish Black and Brown immigrants.

Our immigration system still functions in this manner, as shown by the deportation of Black British citizens of Caribbean descent after the 'hostile environment' policy was introduced by then home secretary, which came to be known as the 'Windrush scandal'.