When did immigrants become immigrants?

Question

When and where did they first inforce immigration rules?
Why did they do it?
How did they deal with them?

References to the Country will not do.As the world is full of countries lol.

This question is not directed at the USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

911?I am sure it was before then. Geeez

This question is not directed at the UK either!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

Closest thing to a reference I found about the start of immigration policies in the UK (That's where I'm assuming you're from)....CBA to look for the earliest date from all countries...

"A date that is often given for immigration's start is 22 June 1948: the day that the ex-troopship Empire Windrush pulled into Tilbury docks bringing 492 Jamaican men and women to the UK. That date is indeed significant, because it does mark the start of the post-war immigration movement from the Commonwealth, and was officially commemorated as such by the Government on the 50th anniversary eight years ago."

the full article is in the site I mentioned.

Edit: Thought about your question some more and figured that the earliest records of immigration in the ancient world would probably coincide with whichever civilization first conducted a census. I'm guessing your first step to answering this question would be in Ancient Rome.....

As for the purpose...aren't most immigration policies designed to control the flow of citizens to a new country? If so, then ask why would you want to control them? My guess is to protect the interests of the citizen, allow desirable immigrants (capital wealth, intellect, etc) to enter, while keeping less desirables out (mendicants, outside religions, etc)...just a guess

Answer 2

Immigrants became immagrants just after they packed up their things and left the border of their own country. They may have been called something different but all throughout history they've been viewed the same way. America began tracking immagration in the early 19th Century when they discoverred that they couldn't keep an accurate census with the influx of immagrants looking for a new life. Immagration law like all American law was built on precidents as each instance where there was a problem with our immigration policy was encounterred, we developed a ruling and in some circumstances a series of Immagration laws followed that ruling.

Answer 3

I want to say the 1930's.. Why? To regulate ethnicity quota's, and to consistently gain people with certain skills/ trades to keep the market up along with the growth of the community. How did they deal with them.. They made a process to abide by.. It is long for a reason-- as immigration is looking for those who seriously want to be apart of this country-- not against it, or those that will leave the country 10 years later and retire elsewhere.

Another reason why the many illegals here (Mexico) are not strong candidates for citizenship.

--Rob

Answer 4

When all the countries in the world declared soverignty. There are over 270 countries in the world and each and everyone of them have immigration laws.

There was a time when there were no borders and people were free to move anywhere, they called it THE STONE AGE.

Answer 5

If the Truth was to be told .You will find out most of this was started after 911.The U.S government has used the fears of the people to change laws and to raise the prices of visas.So that the government could make money off off this.But what the people do not realize is at the same time the government has also use it against them.By raising oil prices and taking away rights and freedoms.The government is controlling people with there fears.But the worst part is people are letting them.

Answer 6

When they become a burden to the country

Answer 7

when nations became nations.