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The British government has taken a tougher stance over implementing more restrictions to illegal immigration on Thursday, through introducing an immigration bill that would involve immigration checks to accompany private housing applications and health care access.
A tough new immigration bill aims towards removing illegal immigrants from U.K. and stopping migrants from getting any benefit of consuming public services to which they are not entitled.
Prime Minister David Cameron has attempted to crack down on immigration, as opinion polls show the anti-immigrant UK Independence Party stealing votes from his Conservative party.
Under an overhaul of immigration bill, illegal immigrants will not be permitted to open any bank accounts and will be monitored by private landlords.
The Immigration Bill will also expect temporary visitors from outside the EU to pay for accessing the NHS in order to stop so-called ”health tourism.”
A GP working from 30 years and practices in London, Paquita de Zulueta says the government has been misguided over the matter and ”health tourism” is not a problem.
The bill will also cut down on the grounds on which immigrants can appeal against their removal, from 17 to four, also reducing the number of the individuals who use the European Convention on Human Rights to block their deportation.
This move comes in response to the uproar over the Home Office‘s 12-year-long battle to remove radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada, who used human rights legislation to block his deportation to Jordan where he could face tougher terrorism charges.
Foreign criminals will also be enforced to register their appeals after getting deported.
Home Secretary Theresa May has told that the bill was about “making it harder for people who are here illegally to stay here.”
And added: “Most people get fed up at the length of time people can drag out their stay here in the UK, appealing again and again and again in the current system.”
Ms. May has promised to reduce the immigration from non-EU countries to less than 100,000 annually before next general elections in 2015.
Critics of the bill are of the opinion that the proposed restrictions could lead to racial discrimination and hurt immigrants in the U.K. legally.
After five quarters of decline, the Office for National Statistics says there was a net inflow of 176,000 migrants to Britain in the year to December 2012, up from 153,000 in the year to September 2012.
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