An amnesty for illegal immigrants would be bound to encourage further illegal immigration, their present number has been seriously underestimated and the lifetime cost would be in the order of £130 billion even on that low estimate of numbers, says a report out today from think-tank Migrationwatch. The report is in reply to a paper published by the London School of Economics on 16 June in response to a request from London's Mayor. Introducing the document, Boris Johnson claimed it proved that immigrants were "far from a financial burden". He added: "This new Report has introduced some long overdue facts, hard evidence and academic rigour into a debate which has far too often been dominated by myth, anecdote and hearsay". Clearly the Mayor had not read the Report which makes it clear that "It has to be emphasised that these are ball park estimates at best" (page 110) and that"many of the numbers that had been generated for this Report have required heroic assumptions" (page 113). The Mayor also claimed that: "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". What the Report actually says is: "Neither the literature nor currently available UK data provides a quantitative basis from which one could at all reliably start to estimate the scale of effects on UK output which would be likely to follow from regularisation"(page 73). The Report is, in fact, astonishingly thin on its claim of economic benefit - just two paragraphs in 125 pages. It goes on to take what is described as "an example". This gives, on the basis of four hypotheses, an expected increase in GDP of some £3 billion (page 73). Migrationwatch have now examined this Report in detail and have found that:…. MIGRANTS MUST LEARN OUR LINGO Outrage as minister claims British troops are fighting in Afghanistan to stop immigrants coming to Britain Noodle bar raided by immigration officers THE LISBON TREATY AND WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU Are immigration numbers set to fall in the UK? Tories' prisons chief demands statement about rapist on run Restrictions remain for workers from Romania and Bulgaria UK keeps limit on Romanian, Bulgarian workers Britain betrayed as hated EU treaty becomes law LABOUR IS TELLING US YET MORE LIES ABOUT IMMIGRATION MINISTER ORDERS ALL IMMIGRANTS TO LEARN ENGLISH, OBEY OUR LAWS AND PAY TAXES AN AMNESTY FOR ILLEGALS WOULD COST UK £130BN After 12 years, 'sorry' is not nearly enough UK Immigration issues more than 100,000 identity cards Labour made mistakes over immigration, Alan Johnson admits Migration Watch welcome government admission on immigration Some citizens are more equal than others I'm an illegal worker, can I reclaim NI payments? Ministry of Justice's own recruitment system fails to spot an illegal immigrant Group 4 prevails in battle over Victorian riot lawPress Release
Huge Cost of Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants Quantified
November 4, 2009A selection of recent media reports
THE Home Secretary has issued three tough new rules for all immigrants: learn English, obey the laws and pay tax. Alan Johnson vowed to crack down on people coming here for the wrong...
Daily Star (04-Nov-2009)
Immigration minister Phil Woolas has been slammed by MPs for claiming that British troops fighting in Afghanistan are there to help control immigration.
Daily Mail (04-Nov-2009)
Yippee Noodle Bar on King Street A CAMBRIDGE noodle bar is facing a potential £50,000 fine after it was caught employing five illegal workers. The Yippee Noodle Bar in King Street was visited by UK Border Agency officers shortly after 5pm...
Cambridge News 2 (04-Nov-2009)
The Treaty slashes our ability to veto EU legislation that damages the UKs business and way of life. Our veto is axed in 40 areas from energy to public health and...
Sunday Express (04-Nov-2009)
While only a few days ago the UK government was still adamant there had been no mistakes with regards to its immigration program, Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary, has over the last 24 hours admitted that the government has not handled the immigration issue as well as it could...
FinancialAdvice.co.uk (04-Nov-2009)
SHADOW Prisons Minister Alan Duncan has demanded an immediate ministerial statement on how a man who raped two women in Derby and was to be deported was allowed to...
This is Derbyshire.co.uk (04-Nov-2009)
Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary, is to keep tight restrictions on migrant workers from Romania and Bulgaria just a day after admitted the Government had been inept in handling...
Telegraph.co.uk (04-Nov-2009)
The government said on Tuesday it would keep restrictions on the number of Romanians and Bulgarians allowed to work in Britain until the end of 2011 to protect British workers during the...
Yahoo Uk And Ireland News (04-Nov-2009)
THE last hope of blocking a new European constitution was snuffed out last night - the final kick in the teeth after Labour's betrayal of...
Online Sun (04-Nov-2009)
THE key moment in British politics this autumn took place less than two weeks ago on the edition of BBC s Question Time that included BNP leader Nick...
Daily Express (04-Nov-2009)
THE Home Secretary has issued three tough new rules for all immigrants: learn English, obey the laws and pay tax. Alan Johnson vowed to crack down on people coming here for the wrong...
Daily Star (04-Nov-2009)
AN AMNESTY allowing illegal immigrants to stay in Britain could cost taxpayers a staggering £130billion, a report claimed last...
Sunday Express (04-Nov-2009)
You wait 12 years for ministers to acknowledge they've made a shambles of immigration - and then two repentant Home Secretaries come along at once. First Alan Johnson admits Labour has been 'maladroit' in its handling of the issue, confessing that the unrestricted influx has put 'strain' on jobs and..
Daily Mail (04-Nov-2009)
UKBA has issued more than 100,000 identity cards to overseas nationals mainly to those extending their student or spouse visas. If proposed regulations are approved this week this will mean that from 6 January 2010 migrants from outside the European Economic Area will be issued with identity cards when they.
UK Immigration (03-Nov-2009)
...The Home Secretary, admitted today that the Labour Government has made mistakes over immigration policy in his first speech on the issue.
The Daily Telegraph (03-Nov-2009)
The Home Secretarys admission that the Government mishandled immigration comes too late according to a migration pressure group. Migration watch is welcoming Alan Johnsons admission some parts of the country have been disproportionately affected and said his predecessors had ignored backlog...
Sunrise Radio (03-Nov-2009)
In response to the perceived threat of terrorism and lack of social cohesion in an increasingly multicultural society, the government has been redesigning the process for integrating immigrants into British...
Publicservice.co.uk (03-Nov-2009)
I have been working in the UK illegally for the past 10 years and have been paying National Insurance using a fake NI number. I have been granted permission to stay and I now have a proper NI...
This is Money (03-Nov-2009)
The Ministry of Justice has been employing illegal immigrants as civil...
HR Magazine (03-Nov-2009)
The UK s largest security firm, Group 4 Securicor (G4S), can use a law dating from 1886 to sue Bedfordshire Police Authority for £32m, the Court of Appeal has...
Solicitors Journal (03-Nov-2009)
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