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Tory posters telling illegal immigrants to 'Go Home' branded 'nasty' by UKIP's Farage as Lib Dems demand they be 'shredded now'
Border officials released advert asking illegal immigrants to text them
It warned people in Britain illegally to 'go home or face arrest'
Nearly 200,000 people are thought to have stayed in UK after visa expired
But Nigel Farage said it was an 'unpleasant' reaction to the rise of UKIP
By JASON GROVES
PUBLISHED: 11:23, 25 July 2013 | UPDATED: 02:04, 26 July 2013
Coalition tensions over immigration boiled over last night after the Home Office launched a provocative poster campaign telling illegal immigrants to ‘go home’.
The Liberal Democrats reacted furiously to the initiative, with party president Tim Farron condemning the billboards as the ‘politics of division’, and saying they should be ‘shredded’.
In a separate intervention, Vince Cable said the Coalition’s immigration policy was ‘totally illogical’ and ‘very damaging’ to the economy.
Row: UKIP leader Nigel Farage condemned the 'unpleasant' poster campaign
Lib Dem president Tim Farron called for the posters to be shredded
Unlikely allies: UKIP leader Nigel Farage (left) condemned the 'unpleasant' campaign while Lib Dem president Tim Farron called for the posters to be shredded
The Business Secretary said that cracking down on foreign students and skilled workers from outside Europe when the public is mainly concerned about mass immigration from the European Union was ‘like having a family quarrel and trying to resolve it by kicking the cat’.
The giant billboards, which are being driven around on the back of vans, say: ‘In the UK illegally? Go home or face arrest.’
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Illegal immigrants are offered a number to text for ‘free advice and help with travel documents’.
Tory Immigration Minister Mark Harper said the controversial poster campaign would encourage illegal immigrants to leave voluntarily – and serve as ‘an alternative to being led away in handcuffs’.
Speaking at the launch of the campaign, Mr Harper said the initiative was ‘just another part of the reforms of the immigration system that have cut out abuse and seen net migration drop to its lowest levels in nearly a decade’.
Advertisment: Vans bearing signs asking illegal immigrants to text the government are being driven around London
Advertisment: Vans bearing signs asking illegal immigrants to text the government are being driven around London
The initiative is being piloted in six London boroughs but could be extended nationally if successful.
The billboards also display the number of illegal migrants arrested recently in the area the vans are visiting. The blunt message will also be displayed in leaflets, posters and advertisements in local newspapers.
Critics claim that illegal immigrants face only a minimal risk of deportation.
The Commons home affairs select committee reported this month that the now-defunct UK Border Agency had left behind a backlog of more than 500,000 cases, which would take 37 years to clear at the current rate of progress.
Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2377600/Farage-condemns-nasty-Big-Brother-Home-Office-campaign-asks-illegal-immigrants-home.html#ixzz2a84DbFV1
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Border officials released advert asking illegal immigrants to text them
It warned people in Britain illegally to 'go home or face arrest'
Nearly 200,000 people are thought to have stayed in UK after visa expired
But Nigel Farage said it was an 'unpleasant' reaction to the rise of UKIP
By JASON GROVES
PUBLISHED: 11:23, 25 July 2013 | UPDATED: 02:04, 26 July 2013
Coalition tensions over immigration boiled over last night after the Home Office launched a provocative poster campaign telling illegal immigrants to ‘go home’.
The Liberal Democrats reacted furiously to the initiative, with party president Tim Farron condemning the billboards as the ‘politics of division’, and saying they should be ‘shredded’.
In a separate intervention, Vince Cable said the Coalition’s immigration policy was ‘totally illogical’ and ‘very damaging’ to the economy.
Row: UKIP leader Nigel Farage condemned the 'unpleasant' poster campaign
Lib Dem president Tim Farron called for the posters to be shredded
Unlikely allies: UKIP leader Nigel Farage (left) condemned the 'unpleasant' campaign while Lib Dem president Tim Farron called for the posters to be shredded
The Business Secretary said that cracking down on foreign students and skilled workers from outside Europe when the public is mainly concerned about mass immigration from the European Union was ‘like having a family quarrel and trying to resolve it by kicking the cat’.
The giant billboards, which are being driven around on the back of vans, say: ‘In the UK illegally? Go home or face arrest.’
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Illegal immigrants are offered a number to text for ‘free advice and help with travel documents’.
Tory Immigration Minister Mark Harper said the controversial poster campaign would encourage illegal immigrants to leave voluntarily – and serve as ‘an alternative to being led away in handcuffs’.
Speaking at the launch of the campaign, Mr Harper said the initiative was ‘just another part of the reforms of the immigration system that have cut out abuse and seen net migration drop to its lowest levels in nearly a decade’.
Advertisment: Vans bearing signs asking illegal immigrants to text the government are being driven around London
Advertisment: Vans bearing signs asking illegal immigrants to text the government are being driven around London
The initiative is being piloted in six London boroughs but could be extended nationally if successful.
The billboards also display the number of illegal migrants arrested recently in the area the vans are visiting. The blunt message will also be displayed in leaflets, posters and advertisements in local newspapers.
Critics claim that illegal immigrants face only a minimal risk of deportation.
The Commons home affairs select committee reported this month that the now-defunct UK Border Agency had left behind a backlog of more than 500,000 cases, which would take 37 years to clear at the current rate of progress.
Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2377600/Farage-condemns-nasty-Big-Brother-Home-Office-campaign-asks-illegal-immigrants-home.html#ixzz2a84DbFV1
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