People living in the United Kingdom unlawfully have been told by HM’s government they will not be risking deportation by coming forward for a coronavirus jab.
Ministers have said they want everyone that is able to receive the vaccine to be vaccinated and are urging illegal immigrants to register with a GP.
The Covid vaccination is free, regardless of a person’s immigration status.
The government announced that anyone seeking a test or treatment for coronavirus would not have their immigration status checked.
The policy is not an amnesty for illegal immigrants and no-one will be given the right to remain in the UK as a result of being vaccinated, however, they will not face deportation if they come forward to receive it.
the former minister, Conservative Julian Smith told the BBC’s Westminster Hour: “I welcome everybody, whoever they are, getting a jab.”
According to a National Audit Office report published last year, the government has not had an up-to-date estimate of the number of immigrants in the UK illegally in 15 years – so it is not clear how many people this ruling affects.
The last official estimate found about 430,000 people were in the country with no legal right to remain, but that figure dates back to 2005.
And the NAO says independent research since then has put the number at over a million.
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