£1.5 BILLION POUNDS

Last Nov 2007 under the Freedom of Information Act I applied to the Legal Aid Board to ask-
How much has been paid to immigrants in legal aid in the past 10 years of this gov?
They responded with above figure -
THIS IS MY TAXES - THERE IS NO HOPE OF THEM PAYING IT BACK ! ! !

OTHER COSTS TO US AS BELOW----------
(Figs taken from gov sites)

£13.5 million to house 1,000 immigrants in 2006
£75 million for gov depts to monitor immigration
£1.5 billion on legal aid to immigrants
£30 million detention costs
£38 million on work permits to immigrants
Immigration costs council tax payers £200 million a year
Tens of million a year to teach English
Asylum seekers financially supported end of Dec '07 = 34,150
11,000 asylum seekers in receipt of benefits Dec 07 = 11,400
£80 million a year on translation cost to immigrants
£63 million to treat asylum seekers with HIV in 2004
46,890 asylym seekers asked for financial support in 2006/07
£5 billion to treat immigrants with HIV in 2002
£8.8 billion a year on open door policy to immigrants

AND YOU WONDER WHY BROWN IS BROKE!!!!

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