Posted on 07/29/2013 1:04:59 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
'Go home' immigration posters are already working, Downing Street claims
Downing Street has claimed that the Home Office’s controversial “go home” immigration campaign is “already working” and suggested the scheme could be rolled out across the country.
By Peter Dominiczak, Political Correspondent
1:10PM BST 29 Jul 2013
According to David Cameron’s spokesman there has been a “great deal of interest” from illegal immigrants voluntarily calling a Government helpline and asking how to leave the country.
However, Downing Street later indicated that the Home Office has not actually provided any statistics that prove the scheme is working and that officials have merely told their Number 10 counterparts that it has been a success.
It came as Downing Street slapped down Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, who yesterday described the campaign telling illegal immigrants to “go home or face arrest” as “stupid and offensive”.
The strategy has seen vans displaying posters targeted at illegal immigrants driving around six London boroughs.
Asked whether the Prime Minister agreed with Mr Cable’s view that the posters are offensive, Mr Cameron’s spokesman said: “No is the short answer. This pilot is about targeting people who are here illegally and giving the opportunity to leave the country voluntarily rather than be arrested, detained and removed and we know that voluntary returns are the most cost effective way of removing illegal immigrants.”
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Such intolerance!
Pics Please?
Make it not an option for your Muslims, UK.
KEEP
CALM
and
GO
HOME!
Wow, we should be progressive and do what the progressive UK is doing, because they are trendy!!!
I don’t think this argument will work with this issue....
Actually I think they just enjoy dumping them on the French...
They have so much more fun in Paris.
You could even sweeten the pot like this:
My sister said a program like this worked wonders in her hometown of Houston to empty Katrina refugees out of the astrodome.
They spent a lot of money on one-way tickets out of Houston, but cut the problem down to manageable levels in record time.
Sounds good. We’d like to dump some on the French too.
How about sending them to Quebec—its closer than France.
There’s nothing like being up to your ears in illegals to snap you into common sense.
Why not: “You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here”
A drop in the bucket, but a nice drop.
Can we post a bunch of “Go Home” signs on the inside of the fence around the White House, facing in?
According to David Cameron’s spokesman there has been a “great deal of interest” from illegal immigrants voluntarily calling a Government helpline and asking how to leave the country. However, Downing Street later indicated that the Home Office has not actually provided any statistics that prove the scheme is working and that officials have merely told their Number 10 counterparts that it has been a success.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.