Pro-Immigrant March in London

Luke Baker (Reuters) has an article today in the Washington Post on an immigrant rights march in London:

Thousands of illegal immigrants, backed by religious leaders and politicians, marched through London on Monday calling for fairer treatment by the government and a chance to become “normal” citizens.

An estimated 500,000 illegal immigrants live in Britain, having smuggled themselves into the country, overstayed their visitors’ visas or made asylum applications that have not yet been heard.

Many of them work illegally, with the result that the government loses up to one billion pounds ($2 billion) in uncollected income tax, according to studies.

“These migrant workers are hugely beneficial to the state and hugely beneficial to the economy,” said Austen Ivereigh, the organizer of a campaign called Strangers into Citizens that is trying to win the migrants legal rights. Click here for the rest of the story.

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