{"id":1149962,"date":"2021-12-24T10:19:46","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T15:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1149962"},"modified":"2021-12-24T10:19:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T15:19:48","slug":"uk-channel-migrants-might-be-electronically-tagged-to-prevent-black-market-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-channel-migrants-might-be-electronically-tagged-to-prevent-black-market-work\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Channel Migrants Might be Electronically Tagged to Prevent Black Market Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fuk-channel-migrants-might-be-electronically-tagged-to-prevent-black-market-work%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1149962&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237364549-e1640271959423-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The UK government is considering electronically tagging channel migrants in order to prevent them from availing of black market work.<\/p>\n<p>Plans to electronically tag migrants who illegally cross the English Channel are being considered by the UK government in the hopes that the measure would prevent those who illegally land in the country from disappearing into black market jobs.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Under the proposal, migrants deemed old enough to work would be tagged and would be subject to restrictions regarding their movements while their asylum applications are processed, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/17120362\/channel-migrants-tagged-black-market\/\">report<\/a> by <em>The Sun.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The scheme would seek to&nbsp;prevent supposed asylum seekers from disappearing from the view of authorities during processing and entering black market work in the country \u2014 which has been described as akin to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2020\/07\/12\/uk-police-ignored-modern-slavery-in-textile-sweatshops-over-fears-of-being-labled-racist\/\">modern slavery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A government source told the publication that the measure was \u201ca low cost, high impact way\u201d of making changes quickly in how the UK deals with illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The source went on to claim that the aims of the measure are in \u201cpart to stop the pull factor, and part to stop people absconding while their claims to stay are being processed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIllegal entry isn\u2019t a punishment-free crime,\u201d the source continued, adding: \u201cTagging will make it quicker and easier to deport those who have no right to be here.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UK to Spend \u00a3500 Million on Housing and Supporting Asylum Seekers by Next Year: Report<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3w6e4h8oON\">https:\/\/t.co\/3w6e4h8oON<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1473594163044233223?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The proposed measure comes after French officials criticised Britain for being too \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/29\/france-uk-is-too-economically-attractive-for-illegal-migrants\/\">economically attractive<\/a>\u201d for would-be illegal migrants.<\/p>\n<p>French Interior Minister G\u00e9rald Darmanin said last month that the current crisis facing the two countries \u2014 which has seen&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/21\/record-28000-illegal-boat-migrants-land-in-britain-this-year\/\">nearly 28,000<\/a>&nbsp;illegals crossing the Channel this year, alone \u2014 is the result of illegal migrants being \u201cattracted by England, especially the labour market which means you can work in England without any identification.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBritain must take its responsibility and limit its economic attractiveness,\u201d the French official said.<\/p>\n<p>The criticism was echoed by Brexit leader Nigel Farage, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/28\/farage-slams-boris-for-rudderless-response-to-migrant-crisis\/\">said<\/a> that the crisis would continue so long as Britain fails to address the pull factors incentivising migrants to come to the UK illegally, going so far as to claim that it would not matter if as many as \u201c20,000 police\u201d were put on French beaches to stop the boats.<\/p>\n<p>Amid criticisms of the UK being too attractive a location for migrants, Breitbart London reported that the British government could be spending over&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/22\/uk-to-spend-500-million-supporting-asylum-seekers-by-next-year\/\">\u00a3500 million<\/a> on migrant housing and support payments by next year.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Migration Watch UK think tank, government spending on migrants could increase by more than \u00a3100 million in 2022, after having already climbed to over \u00a3400 million in 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK government is considering electronically tagging channel migrants in order to prevent them from availing of black market work. 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