| Description | This file contains a small number of press cuttings from national newspapers, covering various issues relating to immigration and racism, including articles on immigration legislation and statistics; the involvement of MPs making representations in immigration cases; the statutory sick pay scheme 1986; the imprisonment of an Asian burglar in Dudley.
The file also contains articles on the increased militancy in Punjab, surrounding the issue of Sikh independence, and the effects of this in Sikh communities in Britain. Articles consist of: coverage of a knife fight between Sikh militants and other Indians at an Indian Workers Association poetry reading at the Summerfield Community Centre in Winson Green, Birmingham; the activities of the Akali Dal party and events involving Sikh militants in India; coverage of a march by Sikhs in Smethwick and Handsworth, Birmingham, to celebrate the founding of the Sikh religion and express defiance of the Indian government by wearing orange turbans; two newspaper pictures of Sikh leaders. |