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Call for immigrant amnesty in UK

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Call for immigrant amnesty in UK

Half a million illegal immigrants should be given the right to stay in Britain, a think tank has said.

The Institute of Public Policy Research says such an amnesty would bring in £1bn in extra taxes, and save costs of £4.7bn needed to deport people.

It is urging Home Secretary Jacqui Smith to adopt the move, saying a large scale deportation would never happen.

The Home Office said an amnesty was unnecessary and would create "a strong pull for waves of illegal migration".

It is not known how many illegal immigrants are in the UK, with estimates varying widely from 300,000 to 900,000.

We would notice it straightaway in uncleaned offices, dirty streets and unstaffed pubs and clubs

Danny Sriskandandarajah, IPPR

The Home Office has estimated it would take more than 30 years to deport them all.

Danny Sriskandandarajah, head of migration and equalities at the Institute of Public Policy Research, said: "The simple truth is that we are not going to deport hundreds of thousands of people from the UK.

"Our economy would shrink and we would notice it straightaway in uncleaned offices, dirty streets and unstaffed pubs and clubs.

"So we have a choice: make people live in the shadows, exploited and fearful for the future; or bring them into the mainstream, to pay taxes and live an honest life."

Immigration minister Liam Byrne has repeatedly rejected calls for an amnesty.

A Home Office spokesman said a new Australian-style points system for managed migration would allow skilled migrants into the UK to fill gaps in the economy.

'Porous borders'

Shadow home secretary David Davis said other countries who had granted such an amnesty "found it creates an unstoppable stream of illegal immigration".

"The state of our porous borders means that granting an amnesty for around 500,000 would quickly lead to thousands more taking their place," he said.

"The only long-term solution is to have an efficient asylum system so that we don't develop the huge back log from which this government now suffers."

The pressure group Migrationwatch UK has argued that an amnesty on illegal immigrants would put too much pressure on council housing.

Migrationwatch has also questioned the benefits brought by legal migrant workers, saying their economic benefit was equal to 4p a week for each person in Britain.

Trade unions recently said migrant workers who come to the UK legally had boosted the economy.

The TUC said the amount of tax paid by migrants exceeded the cost of supplying public services.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6899348.stm

இங்கு உள்ளவர்களில் [300,000 to 900,000] எத்தனை ஆயிரம் நம்மவர்கள் உள்ளார்கள்? அல்லது நம்மவர்கள் இந்த category இல் அடக்கம் இல்லையா? அகதி அந்தஸ்து கோரி வருபவர்கள் illegal immigrants என அழைக்கப்பட முடியுமா?

அமெரிக்காவில் இதேபோல் மெக்சிக்கர்களால் பிரச்சனைகள்.

Danny Sriskandandarajah என்பது நம்மவரா அல்லது இந்திய/ மலேசிய தமிழரா?

உண்மையில் யூ.கே முன்பு தான் செய்தவற்றின் பின்விளைவுகளை அனுபவிக்கின்றது. அடிமைகளாக இருந்தவர்கள் ஆக்கிரமிப்பாளர்களின் தேசத்துக்கு சட்ட விரோதமான முறையில் படை எடுக்கின்றார்கள். என்ன ஒரு காலமாற்றம்!

மற்றைய நாடுகளை அமெரிக்கா, யூகே போன்ற நாடுகள் சுரண்டாது இருந்து இருந்தால் இப்படியான பிரச்சனைகள் ஏற்பட்டு இருக்காது. சிறீ லங்கா நாட்டில் நாம் வாழமுடியாத நிலமை ஏற்பட்டு யூ.கே, பிரான்ஸ் போன்ற நாடுகளிற்கு குடிபெயர அந்தந்த நாடுகள் அசட்டைத்தனமாக இருந்ததும், எம்மைக் கொலை செய்வதற்கு சிங்களவர்களிற்கு ஆயுதங்கள் கொடுத்ததும், நிதி உதவி செய்ததும், பிரச்சனையை சரியான முறையில் தீர்ப்பதற்கு சிறீ லங்கா அரசுக்கு எதுவித அழுத்தமும் கொடுக்காது இருப்பதும் காரணம் தானே?

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