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POLITICAL SITUATION
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General
Minor and sporadic incidents have occurred from time
to time, but these have been of a purely spontaneous nature.
Emergency Regulations
The Emergency Regulations which were introduced in 1967
at the time of disturbances have been discontinued.
Confrontation Prisoners
There are 91 prisoners still serving sentences in res-
pect of offences committed during the disturbances in 1967.
A number of prisoners convicted of offences during the
1967 disturbances have had their prison sentences reduced as
part of a routine procedure for the review of sentences of
prisoners serving long terms.
HOUSING AND RESETTLEMENT
Squatters
At the end of June, 1970, there were estimated to be
approximately 526,000 squatters, compared with nearly
540,000 a year ago. It is planned to house by 1975 a
further 590,000 people in Government resettlement and low-
cost housing estates.
On the face of it, little impact has been made on the
problem of the squatters, despite the large numbers of them
rehoused every year. This situation has been caused by
continued immigration over the years, by a high birth rate
and by movement out of overcrowded pre-war tenements into
modern accommodation.
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