The phrase
"illegal migrants" refers to people who enter or stay in a country without permission from the government or proper documentation. They are called "illegal" because their presence in the country is against the law.
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Employers shouldn't be taking advantage
of illegal migrants looking for work here — and that's what happens when people look the other way.
In her own words, the aim of the act was: «to create a really hostile environment
for illegal migrants».
Canadian officials have also asked the Chinese authorities for help to stem the tide
of illegal migrants.
Scotland will host a meeting of Arctic Circle nations for the first time next month as Nicola Sturgeon seeks to forge closer ties with the region ahead of A Hadrian's Wall - style border might have to be built to
stop illegal migrants flooding into England if Scotland gets independence.
Trump essentially made his political name by broadly opposing immigration,
from illegal migrants to Syrian refugees.
Chris will be joined by Home Office representatives who will give delegates detailed advice and practical examples of how to protect their businesses, projects and limit the abuse of
illegal migrant workers.
Bosses that knowingly
employ illegal migrants will be liable for unlimited fines and could even be sent to prison under new measures outlined by the government today.
Under a deal clinched in March, Turkey has agreed to take
back illegal migrants and refugees leaving its shores for Greece in return for aid and visa - free travel for Turks in Europe.
We had around 400,000
illegal migrants marching through the country, violating our regulations and all our standards and threatening the Hungarian people.»
They're causing regional instability in Central America, and we're already seeing the second - order effect of that in terms of
illegal migrants now arriving at our border, unaccompanied minors.
«No one should doubt that a huge and massive influx of
illegal migrants opens up the opportunity for terrorist organizations to send their fighters, their activists, their terrorists in a much simpler way,» he said.
In truth, this would be almost impossible, leaving a back door into the U.K. through
which illegal migrants could reach Britain through Ireland.
The amount of money used by and contributed to the American economy
by illegal migrants is harder to track because they are by definition «undocumented», but many studies indicate that they contribute more than they take.
ATHENS (Reuters)- Greece opened its first purpose - built detention centre for
illegal migrants on Sunday in Athens, a week before a national election where illegal immigration has emerged as a key issue.
Immigration questions There were also fierce clashes over immigration, with both Mr Brown and Mr Cameron describing Lib Dem proposal to
allow illegal migrants to earn the right to stay in the UK after a fixed period as an «amnesty» which would attract more people to come to Britain.
The home secretary insisted that the focus instead must be on targeting and stopping the people - smugglers behind the trade across the Mediterranean, including establishing «a more effective process of
returning illegal migrants».
She also avoided censure for sending out the «Go Home» vans in 2014 to round
up illegal migrants — a total of 11 left the country — and only reintroduced exit checks on those leaving the country in April 2015 after sustained pressure from the Liberal Democrats, despite it being promised in 2010.
This unelected Prime Minister spent six years at David Cameron's side as Home Secretary and during that time, she proudly sent out «ad - vans»
telling illegal migrants to «go home».
While some measures designed to make life harder for
illegal migrants date back to the last Labour government, most Whitehall insiders and immigration experts point to the arrival of the Tory - led coalition government in 2010 as the moment when the «hostile environment» mission began in earnest.
It was disappointing that Thornberry made no attempt to query the premise of the question (where Robinson also
suggested illegal migrants «take» jobs and houses from legal residents) or defend the principle that all should be able to access healthcare as a human right.
And he will hail two recent nationwide campaigns
targeting illegal migrants that have resulted in 1,400 arrests, 330 prosecutions and 260 removals.
Northern Ireland secretary James Brokenshire left the cabinet in January after standing down on health grounds, and Mrs Rudd became the fifth cabinet member to leave amid claims she misled Parliament over targets for
removing illegal migrants.
Rather than have
illegal migrants enter to work their fields in the picking season, they have a well - established migrant worker visa program.
Anna Wetter's contribution takes as an example the decision - making process that has led to the adoption of Directive 2009 / 52 / EC on minimum standards on sanctions and measures against the employers of
illegal migrants in order to assess a number of legal questions that characterise the development of EU criminal law.
A leading union official has called for a debate on the possible amnesty of half a million
illegal migrant workers.
«If Theresa May thinks Mr Vine's report would imperil national security or provide ammunition
for illegal migrants, she should share the full report with the home affairs select committee and ourselves and explain why the full report can not be published without masses of redactions.
In a resignation letter to May, Amber Rudd said she had inadvertently misled a parliamentary committee last Wednesday by denying the government had targets for the deportation
of illegal migrants.
In 144 «commitments» published on Saturday, Le Pen says she would drastically curb migration, expel
all illegal migrants and reserve certain rights now available to all residents, including free education, to French citizens only.
Several Australian sources are reporting on the third boatload of
illegal migrants that have landed on BC's coast.
They have reported on the «tide slowly turning» against
the illegal migrants and noted that some government officials have said that they should be deported as a lesson to others that «Canada is not an open door...
Yet, she still went out of her way to show that Labour has never had an «open door» approach - showing the many repressive immigration acts passed by her party as evidence — and praising her party's pledge to introduce 1000 more border guards than the Tories to stop «
illegal migrants».
As a means to the same end, the Home Office has deliberately broadened the net of who qualifies as an «
illegal migrant».
These powers will achieve little because the government is failing to identify more than a tiny proportion of
illegal migrants.
As an ex leader he is not as free to criticise the party / leadership without appearing disloyal etc so I would rule him out.In any event I would rule out anybody in favour of an amnesty for
illegal migrants.
The issue of illegal immigration dogged the government this week after it emerged five
illegal migrants from Nigeria had worked as cleaners at the Home Office for three years, contrary to initial claims that they were nabbed on their first day.
We need to make it easier to bring prosecutions; Labour will double the fines for minimum wage breaches and for illegal employment of
illegal migrants; And because local authorities are far better at knowing what is going on locally, we will give them the power to enforce the minimum wage.
Another no go area for the Conservatives is the Liberal Democrats» «route to citizenship» for
some illegal migrants.
«[The memo] was outlining the figures from the previous year and the team outlining to me in the context of wanting to see that 10 % increase in removals of
illegal migrants and foreign national offenders,» he said.
The Nigeria Police Force, NPF, Lagos Command confirmed that no fewer than 84
illegal migrants have been apprehended within the Seme border axis.
The Commons home affairs committee says the measures — contained in the government's new immigration bill — are designed to create a hostile environment for
illegal migrants.
Gavin Barwell, the Conservative MP for Croydon, praised May's announcement, saying it was «the right decision not to continue ad vans aimed at
illegal migrants», adding there were much better ways of tackling illegal migration.
Immigration Enforcement, an agency of the Home Office, is responsible for tracking down
illegal migrants, including those who have sneaked into Britain in the backs of lorries, arrived on visas but never went home and failed asylum seekers who have avoided deportation.
Giwa said Nigeria is a member of many international instruments and had signed a number of agreements and treaties, particularly regarding trafficking in persons and smuggling of
illegal migrants.
Apprehensions of
illegal migrants have gone down as a result, but they still number about 120,000 a year.
Already this year 362,000
illegal migrants have arrived in Europe and thousands continue to pour in, says the International Organisation for Migration.