With Magnum to recommend him to the British authorities, Koudelka applied for a three-month working visa and fled to England in 1970, where he applied for political asylum and stayed for more than a decade.
Po preporuci Magnuma Koudelka je podnio zahtjev za tromjesečnu radnu vizu i pobjegao u Englesku 1970., gdje je zatražio politički azil, i ostao više od desetljeća.