on SunTalk Radio, the Sun newspaper's new "audio platform" for unvarnished right-wing views.Thousands of people met in Trafalgar Square over the bank holiday weekend in support of an "earned amnesty" for immigrants that have lived here illegally for six years.
The pressure group Strangers Into Citizens, which organised the rally, says the government strategy of heavy fines and document checks is "inhumane, costly and complicated".
The group's director of policy Austen Ivereigh told Newsbeat: "They had an amnesty in 2005 in Spain and made about 600,000 people legal. It resulted in fewer people coming in, so it's actually a good way of tightening the borders.
"They start to pay taxes whereas before they didn't," he said. "And legal workers are not undercut by migrants being paid half the minimum wage."
Austen Ivereigh, campaign policy director (on the left), goes head-to-head with the immigration minister Phil Woolas (above) live on BBC World Service from Trafalgar Square. And, as if arranged by angels, the BBC’s Madrid correspondent explains how well regularisation worked in Spain. Well worth a listen (only available for a few days) at
The campaign’s policy director explains tomorrow’s event here -- slide player to 38.58 mins.
Posts
All Comments
