Ministers go public on illegal migrants

The latest research by the UK Home Office reveals that as many as 570,000 illegal immigrants could be living in the country. The Home Office Immigration Minister, Tony McNulty, used the figures to try and support the government's case for an identity card scheme.

United Kingdom: Home Office: Press Release, 30.6.05: Sizing the unauthorised migrant population http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/n_story.asp?item_id=1323

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