Hotel Babylon - ethnicity

Hotel Babylon clip
Firstly we see the majority of the Caucasian cast are dressed smartly, in suits etcetera. (Although there is a black character in a suit so this point can't be used as a social class commentary)

We see the immigrants seem to be there illegally, as when the immigration service turn up the workers hurry all the other workers away, implying that they may not be in the country illegally. Almost stereotyping immigrants by saying they didn't come here legally.

The police seem to treat the immigrants like criminals, despite them not committing any violent crime, despite the fact they're there illegally (which is still wrong but the police are going over the top) they don't to be dragged away like they are criminals.

There seems to be a hidden message in this clip. What I believe the show is saying is that we treat immigrants too harshly, like I wrote above we seem to treat illegal immigrants like violent criminals yet companies are happy to exploit them for their cheaper labour, it shows the hypocrisy of the public, we don't like they're here illegally but we're happy to use them for our own benefit. The clip seems to use tense music, implying if they're caught then their life will change (and not in a good way), because most immigrants come to the UK for example to escape a horrible life back home. Lately in real life there's been a lot of immigrants from Syria escaping the civil war that is raging there.

The immigration service seem to have no care for the immigrants, they see trying to find illegals as a game almost.

We're on the immigrants' side in this clip: as the police have been portrayed as the antagonists and the performances from the actors make the police look like emotionless and cynical people. The immigration officer also flaunts his authority by tracking him and his 'goons'.

The shots show/imply that it's a race against of time, the workers are trying to hurry away the illegals before 'it's too late.' Too late meaning before the law gets you.