This looks entirely reasonable to me:
The Strangers Into Citizens campaign, which attracted
thousands of supporters to Trafalgar Square, proposes that migrants who
have been in Britain for more than four years should be given a two
year work permit without access to benefits.
Then,
at the end of the two years, they would be given indefinite leave to
remain, subject to criteria such as an English test, criminal checks
and employer references.
In fact it looks thoroughly sensible. I can’t see hat anyone’s ever going to get around to deporting 500,000 illegal immigrants so the solution has to be to regularise their position rather than leave them festering in the black economy.
This does give me pause for thought though:
Other high-profile figures joining the protest included Dr Tom Butler
the Anglican Bishop of Southwark, Labour deputy leadership contender
Jon Cruddas, Baroness Shirley Williams and Billy Bragg, the singer and
political activist.
Few are the matters upon which such people are correct so perhaps I’ve missed something.
In addition, they stressed that it would be a one-off amnesty for illegal workers already in this country.
Ah, that’s it. I’d be entirely happy if it was not a one off but rather made the basis of the whole immigration system. You can come here, for sure, but you get no benefits for x years while being allowed to work, then we’ll see about citizienship.
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