During the SKY live TV debate Nick Clegg said he’d like to give illegal immigrants an amnesty to bring them into the tax system etc…
The Liberal Democrats say “We will allow people who have been in Britain without the correct papers for 10 years, but speak English, have a clean record and want to live here long-term to earn their citizenship. This route to citizenship will not apply to people arriving after 2010.”
See page 75 of the Liberal Democrat Manifesto 2010 or Liberal Democrat Manifesto 2010 : Your Community section.
According to the BBC, Lib Dems party officials said “those who qualify will then have to serve a probationary period of two years during which they would have to work and pay taxes.
Then they would have to pay a fee or do voluntary service as “penance” to qualify for full citizenship.”
I like the concept of an amnesty, pulling illegal immigrants into the tax system, it’s got to be better for the economy if we are stuck with them, (and it appears we are, they’ve avoided the authorities 10 years already) for them to be paying into the system fully. I also like the idea of removing illegal workers from the economy forcing businesses that are making themselves more competitive by exploiting illegal immigrants, not paying full wages to their work force etc…, which has got to help businesses that fully comply with all UK legislation to compete.
However, I’m not sure what message offering an amnesty to illegals sends to foreigners (those not already in the country) who see this as an indication that if you can avoid getting caught for long enough, you can become a British citizen, it is rewarding bad behaviour, though avoiding th authorities for 10 years can’t be an easy task (can it?).
At this point not sure if I like the idea enough to want it brought into legislation or just like the concept on an amnesty, but not the reality of what this would mean!!!!
I will give the Liberal Democrats kudos on having an immigration policy that is not going to resonate with the majority of British voters in 2010 with an increasingly negative stance on immigration! It’s so easy for politicians to say one thing at election time and do another when elected, if it isn’t the “we have no plans to…” cop out answer, it’s a down right lie.
David
Its quite easy for people to judge Nick Clegg and the illegals in the UK. However, they have forgotten that Nick has been the only person to come out with not just a reasonable but the best solution to the problem.
Lets face the fact that Nick did not get the right figures saying that there are 600,000 illegals in the UK, but actually there are over 1.5million illegals in the UK which includes asians, africans from the common wealth countries and are exercising their treaty for the british colonialism in the past…
Are the british (not just caucasians, but all racial backgrounds) ready to do the jobs that the illegal immigrants do?.. e.g cleaning, pizza delievry, mcdonalds assistants, care assistants chinese delivery, ticket attendants etc.. and lets remember all these jobs mentioned are all at the minimum wage of £5.50p/h. Also putting it at the back of our minds that these people do not receive benefits but are increasing our economy.
Cast your votes properly and think carefully…
LIB DEM ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!
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“‘So far from a financial burden, as some suggest, this new research has found an amnesty could be worth up to £3 billion a year to the country’s economy.
“‘The study also demolishes the argument that an amnesty would inevitably lead to increased migration to the UK and identifies effective border controls as the vital factor in controlling and deterring illegal immigration
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If you are advocating against amnesty, you are not doing it for the benefit of the country but you are being a racist and a big bigot. Illegal immigrants contributes immensely to the development of the nations economy because they all work and pay tax. They are not lazy and doesn’t go for plenty children. I as an illegal immigrant have worked peacefully in this country for nine good years and i have paid tax likewise thousands of other illegal immigrants that I know. It is time this country learn from Spain and Italy. These nations are benefiting greatly from immigrant in the sense that they grant them amnesty all the time and they have to renew their papers every year but before doing so these immigrants have to provide proof that they have worked and pay tax for the year so as a result they are no illegal employment in these two countries. All immigrant are working and contributing to the development of their economy. What will Britain loose as a nation from illegal immigrant that pay hight rate of tax and are afraid to complain, they don’t go to NHS because they might get caught; they are not on benefit of any kind because they are not entitled to it. All the immigrant want is to be able to work and go home and see their family some times, especially to bury their love ones when they pass away, they don’t need your benefit because they are strong. I don’t want to go into history here because it is the past and I will leave it there but I will advice you, Suzie to go close to immigrants and understand their lives and what they go through before condemning them. I have a friend who has a five year old child. He is from Africa and the little girl is suffering from a disease called Sickle Cell Anaemia
It has no cure and no hope for her in Africa but the home office are going to deport them, this is a child born here…please can we fight for her and her family, remember the British had done a lot of havoc in Africa in the past
Get serious
Lets try Lib Dem