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Last broadcast on Tue, 17 Mar 2009, 01:40 on BBC One (Wales only) (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Panorama looks at a proposed amnesty for hundreds of thousands of long-standing illegal immigrants, offering them the right to work and full citizenship.
London Mayor Boris Johnson is in favour of the idea, and 93 MPs from across the country support it.
But it is a big ask with the UK in the grip of a credit crunch, and amid protests calling for British jobs for British workers.
Farhan: I'm being deported after 12 years in the UK
Panorama reporter Raphael Rowe speaks to Farhan Zakaria who has lost his appeal for discretionary leave to remain and is due to be deported back to Bangladesh with his family.
About Immigration - Time for an Amnesty?
With hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants thought to be living in Britain should we be trying to expel them, or as some have suggested, granting some of them the right to stay and the chance to become full members of society.
Panorama's Immigration Video Archive
Post-Second World War West Indian immigration to the UK had begun in earnest in 1948 with the arrival of the Empire Windrush ship.
By 1967 a generation born in the UK was coming of age. The problem of still being deemed a foreigner in the country of your birth - with all the prejudice that comes with it - was beginning to take centre stage.
In April 1967, Panorama travelled to Liverpool to see how this second generation were faring.
Panorama's immigration quiz
Your views on an immigration amnesty
Ahead of Panorama: Immigration - Time for an Amnesty? Panorama and Video Nation spoke to people around the country to find out if they felt Britain was ready for an amnesty for illegal immigrants.
Has the time come for an immigration amnesty?
Your comments: Immigration - Time For An Amnesty
Migrant's son heads to school
Panorama revisits a family of migrants who have been granted legal status in Britain, enabling their 6-year-old to head to school for the first time.
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Credits
- Presenter
- Jeremy Vine
- Participant
- Raphael Rowe
- Producer
- Catherine Bennett
Broadcasts
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Mon 9 Mar 200920:30
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Thu 12 Mar 200904:30
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Fri 13 Mar 200900:25
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Sun 15 Mar 200920:30
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Tue 17 Mar 200901:40
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