"It is absolutely true that I have raised it several times since I was in government. I must say it didn't receive an overwhelming endorsement from the previous Prime Minister when I put it to her when I raised it once in cabinet. We should look at it and the truth is the law already basically alows them an effective amnesty, that's basically where we have settled now"- Boris Johnson, UK Prime Minister.The new UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has backed an amnesty for about half a million migrants who do not have proof of their right to stay in the UK. According to The Times Newspaper, the Prime Minister promised to look at the "economic advantages and disadvantages'' of a policy review for undocumented migrants who have been living and working in the UK for many years without being involved in any criminal activity. The new Prime Minister has also confirmed that he was scrapping Theresa May's pledge to cut net immigration to the ''tens of thousands", and would instead introduce an Australian style points based system. In his words; "We know the difficulties that can be caused and we need to look at our arrangements for people who have lived and worked here for a long time unable to enter the economy, unable to participate properly or pay taxes without documents". The Prime Minister's official spokesman made clear that he was not interested in playing the ''numbers game'' and was instead focusing on controlling migration rather than limiting it. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has pledged to give the 3.2 million EU nationals living in the UK 'absolute certainty' about their future and would guarantee their ability to remain in the UK after Brexit, while being ''tougher'' on those who abuse the system. Boris Johnson said that the legal position of undocumented migrants who have been living in the United Kingdom for years was ''anomalus'' and risked a repeat of the Windrush scandal.
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