Euro-Parliament Demands UK Provide Free Health Care for Unlawful Aliens

Express
January 13, 2014

Romanian Euro MP Norica Nicolai even wants the phrase 'illegal immigrant' to be banned
Romanian Euro MP Norica Nicolai even wants to ban the phrase ‘illegal immigrant’.

Hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants could get free access to the NHS and other public services under plans being discussed by Euro MPs.

The proposals call for women migrants with no right to stay in the UK to be entitled to free health care, social housing and to send their children to state schools.

The Government would also be banned from imposing any legal duty on public sector staff to report suspected illegal immigrants to the Border Agency. The proposals, in a draft policy document by the European Parliament’s Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, are due to be put to a vote next month.

The report, by a working group led by Romanian Euro-MP Norica Nicolai, calls for the phrase “illegal immigrant” to be banned.

It argues that “undocumented” women migrants and their dependants are especially vulnerable to ­discrimination.

But critics last night warned the measures would mean an effective amnesty for illegal immigrants in Britain.

Alan Murad, of the Get Britain Out campaign, said: “Raising a white flag to illegal immigration will only encourage and attract more people to enter the country illegally, without fear of getting caught.

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