Immigration - Time for an Amnesty?

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Duration: 30 minutes

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.

Last on

Tue 17 Mar 2009 01:40 BBC One only on Wales

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    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.

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    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.

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  • Your views on an immigration amnesty

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  • Has the time come for an immigration amnesty?

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  • Your comments: Immigration - Time For An Amnesty

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Credits

Presenter
Jeremy Vine
Participant
Raphael Rowe
Producer
Catherine Bennett

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