article_snippet: The move seeks to end the racket of thousands of illegal immigrants being able to prolong thousands of illegal immigrants stay in Britain for months or even years by lodging a string of appeals and judicial reviews.
article_snippet: – central to Tory manifesto plans to slash net migration – will save the taxpayer money.
article_snippet: It is thought that fewer people will then attempt to play the system, sparing the UK taxpayer the cost of holding the UK taxpayer in an immigration centre or paying for housing.
article_snippet: But senior Government sources say Tory manifesto will once again contain a target to slash net migration – with renewed focus on removing more people from their home country as a way of achieving it.
article_snippet: David Cameron remains committed to slashing net migration – the number of people arriving in their home country against those leaving – which currently stands at 298,000.
article_snippet: By increasing the number of illegal immigrants who are removed from their home country, it makes it easier to hit a target to slash net migration – with renewed focus on removing more people from the country as a way of achieving it.
article_snippet: Mrs May, hinting at the plans earlier this month, said: 'I think we will keep a target to slash net migration – with renewed focus on removing more people from the country as a way of achieving it.
article_snippet: It is important because it is about not just dealing with those coming into the system, but also about making sure that those people who shouldn't live here actually leave.'
article_snippet: With an estimated one million illegal immigrants living in the UK, the Home Office has a large group to target.
article_snippet: MigrationWatch said the £1.8billion Britain spends securing borders and removing illegal immigrants and foreign criminals was 'clearly inadequate' – and six times less than the estimated £12billion overseas aid budget.
article_snippet: While the number of migrants arriving in the UK has increased sharply in recent years, the number of migrants arriving in the UK has stayed flat at around 100,000 every year.
article_snippet: In addition to the 'tens of thousands' target, Mr Cameron could also opt for a specific pledge to slash net migration from outside the EU – which, unlike EU migration, ministers can fully control.
article_snippet: Earlier this week, research based on an analysis of the British Social Attitudes Survey found voters in every different ethnic group in Britain want immigration reduced.
article_snippet: Some 60 per cent of Asian respondents wish to see immigration reduced – 38 per cent by a lot.