Handling Illegal Immigrants to UK

[chillzero]

(split from
http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4073337#post4073337
Program under discussion availble for 1 week from now here for UK viewers:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00dmt5w/)

You saw the whole of "Traffic Cops"? Was I the only one that was legitimately shocked at how the Iranian immigrants were dealt with? Maybe that needs another thread?

No - I was surprised that they were able to walk out of the station and just expected to show up somewhere at a later date. Particularly surprised, because I watch (on TV) how these get dealt with when caught at the airport.

 

[chillzero]

Oh - interesting that later in the show we see a man who has managed to evade detection as an illegal immigrant for 10 years. The earlier example shows how this process begins.

I wonder if the new changes to the immigration laws and particularly for employment, will make a difference in that respect. It will be harder (in theory) for immigrants to make money on which to survive without being flagged up officially somewhere.

 

[volatile]

Indeed. It's a travesty that those who want stricter immigration policies and those who want more compassionate immigration policies should both be very annoyed about.

How is it that the UK police are obliged to take two immigrants, just out the back of a truck, with no possessions, two Euros (!) in cash and not a word of English between them, to a bus stop in the Midlands, armed only with a letter instructing them to attend immigration services in either London or Liverpool? It's absurd.

In many respects its a more humane system than throwing them in detention for processing, but surely there are better ways of dealing with those illegals we do find than just letting them wander the streets.

 

[volatile]

I wonder if the new changes to the immigration laws and particularly for employment, will make a difference in that respect. It will be harder (in theory) for immigrants to make money on which to survive without being flagged up officially somewhere.

Yes - in theory.

I would rather see a relaxation of the employment restrictions for migrants and asylum seekers - at least that way they can be in the system, on the record and somewhat insulated from either being forced into criminality themselves, or placed at the victims of criminal gang-masters, human traffickers, pimps etc.