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AIBU to ask those of you voting Green what the Green Party immigration plans would cost?

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PinkMagpie · 30/04/2026 14:34

This is the Green Party platform on immigration. How much will it cost the country to implement this?

  1. Implement a fair and humane system of managed immigration
  2. Treat all migrants as if they are citizens
  3. Give all residents the right to vote
  4. Help families to be together
  5. Dismantle the Home Office
  6. Abolish the No Recourse to Public Funds condition
  7. Abolish the ten year route to settlement
  8. Stop the profiteering from application fees
  9. Stop putting people in prison because of their immigration status
  10. Accept our responsibility for the climate emergency and support the people forced to move
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angelos02 · 30/04/2026 16:05

I'd love to know what the maximum number we can accommodate is? They never give a number. More people have come here in the last 20 years than the previous thousand. We are a tiny island. We need to get the numbers down - massively. 20 years before any recourse to other people's money. No LTR for at least 10 years - and only if you've paid in. If you are a net drain, that'll be a no.

Original poster
PinkMagpie · 30/04/2026 15:59

@Monvelo And which budget will they be shifting?

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Bushmillsbabe · 30/04/2026 15:49

Apart from number 6 none of them seem particularly expensive.

I do think we need to change the way we manage immigration. Those who are law abiding and want to work, let them work. Some families I work with are living in terrible conditions due to not being able to work and no recourse to public funds. Many are working cash in hand and being exploited due to having no legal way to work.

Those who want to settle, work, engage in the commuinity should be welcomed, especially those who arrive as families. We have an aging population and working age people are very much needed. And we need to be tougher on those who commit crimes and kick them out quickly

nomoreforks · 30/04/2026 15:49

The Green party are completely insane but the scary thing is how uneducated people are about the economy and how much money there is. There is no economic growth really so there is no more money and the benefits bill (including pensions) is huge. We don't have enough resources at the moment for the citizens in the country to maintain a reasonable health service, education system and infrastructure etc... If the Greens want to implement this policy then it will cost money and that money will need to come from another area of spend (education, NHS,Defece etc..). There are not enough higher paid taxpayers to finance it so either spend comes from somewhere else or we all pay (alot) more tax.

Monvelo · 30/04/2026 15:40

If you wanted an actual answer you could put it in AI. So I assume you are trying to make a point? It’s less about 'new spending' and more about shifting the budget. Is my understanding of what they're saying.

Summerhillsquare · 30/04/2026 15:35

Very little, given that it's mostly regulatory stuff IE no buildings, big contracts etc

Original poster
PinkMagpie · 30/04/2026 14:47

So how much is that @anniegun

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anniegun · 30/04/2026 14:42

A lot less than the current situation. Let asylum seekers work and pay for their own accomodation