UK: Illegal immigrants should be given amnesty

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A vast hidden army of illegal immigrants ensures that each day thousands of offices and homes are cleaned, streets are swept and drinks are served in Britain's pubs and clubs.

From London's building sites to farms in East Anglia, and from late-night takeaways to the treacherous sands of Morecambe Bay, they generally fill the jobs deemed too menial or too hazardous by UK nationals. If discovered, they face deportation. But according to a radical new study published today, an amnesty on their status could be worth up to £6bn to the economy.

By giving the hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants in Britain a promise that they will not be deported, at least £1bn a year would be raised in taxes, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has calculated.

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"It is inconceivable that these people will all be deported, even in the wildest fantasies of the anti-immigration right. The Immigration Service has more than enough on its hands policing our borders and removing newly arrived failed asylum-seekers. To go round the country finding, detaining and then deporting up to half a million people who don't have regular status simply will not happen."

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-...-uk-472164.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-...-uk-472164.html

[mawilson 2,133]

By giving the hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants in Britain a promise that they will not be deported, at least £1bn a year would be raised in taxes, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has calculated.

If all it takes is a promise, give it to them, raise £1bn in taxes, then use the £1bn to deport them

[Pooky 3,929]

The IPPR were on the left of the Labour Party when Michael Foot was leader, and that was when they were slightly to the left of Lenin.

I give their opinion about as much time as I give the BNP, which is about ..... ooh look! A squirrel!

[ScottThuy 140]

Can we send them those illegals that are here as well?