In June 1939,the St.Louis ocean liner arrived off the east coast of Canada carrying more than 900 Jewish refugees fleeing Germany.The Canadian government refused to allow them to enter Canada because immigration policies restricted the entrance of people who were not white Anglo-Saxon Protestant or from the United Kingdom.What term describes this denial of entrance?

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The denial of entrance of Jewish refugees based on immigration policies restricting non-white Anglo-Saxon Protestant or non-UK citizens is an example of institutional racism, where discriminatory practices are embedded in social and political structures.