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Chinatown shuts down over UK border Agency raids
Community unites against UKBA 'fishing'

There was big trouble in London's Chinatown yesterday when every business closed in protest against UK Border Agency (UKBA) collective punishment "fishing" raids in the area.

The popular tourist area ground to a total halt as the government's hard-line Immigration Bill was debated by MPs.

For two hours restaurants, supermarkets, hairdressers and shops in the central London district were deserted as the community took to the streets over a series of draconian immigration raids - 13 local businesses have been invaded by UKBA officers in the last few months.

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