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World Service,2 mins

The Making of a Taboo

The Inquiry

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British historian, Camilla Schofield explains how immigration became a political taboo in the UK following a controversial speech in the 1960s. (Photo: Enoch Powell makes a controversial speech against immigration during the Conservative Party Conference, 1968. Credit: Getty Images)

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