Synopsis
Rageh Omaar investigates how immigration has affected Britain. Using Enoch Powell's explosive 'Rivers of Blood' speech as a starting point, Rageh explores whether the apocalyptic visions of 40 years ago have any basis in today's reality.
- Programme: Dispatches
- Episode: Immigration The Inconvenient Truth
- Channel: Channel 4
- Broadcast year: 2008
- Geography | Population and migration in Europe
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