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UKBA Posters are aimed at ILLegal Immigrants of any racial Offender.

MP Verindra Sharma speaks of the advertisement offering Illegal immigrants a way out of their action against UK laws. It is directed against the Offender whether he/she is European,African,Indian, Chinese or any other racial group.Yes it is and should make people nervous of breaking the country's laws with such impunity and for so long.Sad that it has to be.Perhaps MP should offer a solution and an acceptable way forward. Don't drag it out as a racial issue.

Os A Whittle ● 4615d5 Comments

I've just returned from my second trip to South Africa.This time I went into the townships and then into the shanty towns.We had dinner with a lady who works for an affiliate.  She lives in a township near Cape Town.What I heard was almost sit com fodder.  She was complaining about immigrants coming into the Townships and claiming benefits like a home and then renting them out.A huge building project has been going to rid the areas of shanty huts by building small proper homes with facilities.They are moved into them but many rent them out and move back into makeshift huts.But she was complaining that these areas are growing faster than the authorities can build these homes.Immigrants from other parts of Africa a flocking there as the promise of a free home is for Africans not just local South Africans.It's causing friction and resentment and social problems the state cannot afford.  Most of the new arrivals have no intention of working just carrying on as they have but with a house to either rent out or live in. Then it turns out much of it is political as these immigrants get to vote and they are told who to vote for. It is a game for politicians to profit from in terms of power. They don't care, none of them will be living there but they will have voters in their pockets.Sounds a bit familiar does it not?  But it is on a far wider and more blatant scale there than here.So a van warning illegal immigrants is a bit tame. Maybe a van warning those who profit from using and abusing illegal immigrants would be better. Then a certain MP or two would have cause to be a bit worried along with several of his associates.

Michael Brandt ● 4614d

Would anyone complain if the vans targeted muggers or burglars? They are lawbreakers, as are illegal immigrants as it stands. If you are not an illegal immigrant, you should have nothing to worry about.

Keith Iddon ● 4614d

Virendra Sharma has not helped the situation by describing the campaign as akin to "apartheid in South Africa".------------------------------------------------------------------------Straying off topic a bit, but if you go to the Wimbledon/Putney/Raynes Park areas of Greater London the major influx of migrants is that of White South Africans fleeing the "freeing up" of their Homeland. A number of pubs fly their flag, their eateries are springing up everywhere (love their food), just noticed another on the side of Raynes Park station (and the of licence over the road has the SA flag in the window). And the only black South African I know (sit next to him at football) complains about illegal Zimbabweans, Nigerians and Somalais moving into his homeland and how the fears for what he calls "the only part of that continent not affected by islam"!In other words, we only see what is happening here, but the same is happening all over the planet.

Leslie Bailey ● 4614d

http://philtaylor.org.uk/Virendra Sharma is of course MP for one of the areas in the UK which has a lot of "beds in sheds".  I understand that unscrupulous landlords charge a lot of money to illegal immigrants to live in unsafe and unsanitary conditions.  They often have no papers so find themselves with no way out.  A miserable life.

Philippa Bond ● 4614d

Virendra Sharma has not helped the situation by describing the campaign as akin to "apartheid in South Africa".What bollocks and nice to see Phil Taylor publicly put him straight!This was actually a balls campaign and it's a shame it's lost it's momentum. I am curious why it took a couple of weeks before MP's became truly outspoken on it!

Bud Richards ● 4615d