History of UK immigration control

For the development of in-country enforcement controls is dealt with separately, see UK immigration enforcement.

Modern immigration border controls originated in 1905, although some means of controlling foreign visitors to the United Kingdom existed before then. Although the Aliens Act 1793 was passed and remained in force to some extent until 1836, there were no controls between then and 1905 barring a very loosely policed system of registration on entry.

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