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Commonwealth immigrants reach Britain amid new immigration act rollout
Hundreds of immigrants arrive at Southampton on the Begona from the West Indies as Britain enforces the new act. Among 111 aboard, 147 from Trinidad and Jamaica disembark while others hail from Pakistan and Cyprus. Pauline Hayward of St Vincent becomes the first under the act at Gatwick, and Congo Republic celebrates its second anniversary with President M Koumariko in Leopoldville.
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