[ 2013-07-26 ]

The adverts have been called a “horrid way” of addressing illegal immigration

Row as posters target illegal immigrants
An advertising campaign telling illegal immigrants
to “go home or face arrest” has provoked a row
within the coalition Government.
Senior Liberal Democrats said they were not
consulted about the controversial billboards and
want them withdrawn. Two vans displaying the
messages have been driven around London boroughs
with high rates of immigration since Monday as
part of a £10,000 campaign due to last a
fortnight.
Nigel Farage, the UKIP leader, called the adverts
a “horrid way” of addressing illegal
immigration and accused the Government of trying
to divert attention from the fact that “28
million poor people” from Bulgaria and Romania
will have automatic rights to work in Britain from
January 1.
The UK deported 14,120 people without leave to
remain in the year to March — a five per cent
fall on a year earlier — while the number of
“voluntary departures” rose by four per cent
to 28,309.
Tim Farron, president of the Lib Dems, condemned
the posters as “the politics of division” and
wrote on Twitter: “These billboards must be
shredded and now.”
Mark Harper, the Immigration Minister, said the
scheme targeted people “who have no right to be
in the country”.
A Tory minister has warned businesses against the
“easy option” of employing foreigners rather
than British workers. Matthew Hancock, the Skills
Minister, said there was a “duty” to recruit
British applicants.
He said: “As vacancies rise, it is the duty of
companies, especially big business, to take on
local young people, not take the easy option of
recruiting from abroad.”

Source - The Times(UK)

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