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article_snippet: ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT AMNESTY .
article_snippet: In many cases, the applicants had been stuck in the system for so long that it would have been a breach of the applicants
article_snippet: human right to a family life to kick them out.
article_snippet: little care was taken over who was coming in.
article_snippet: PRIMARY PURPOSE RULE .
article_snippet: ABOLITION OF EXIT CHECKS .
article_snippet: The Human Rights Act introduced in 1998 made it harder to remove failed claimants.