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Kate Farmer

Cutting to the chase

1. 8. 2013 - 12:59

"Go home or face arrest"

Reality Check: UK anti illegal immigration campaign, Käthe Leichter

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"Go home or face arrest" is the controversial message being spread to illegal immigrants by the British Conservative party.

Immigration poster

EPA/UK HOME OFFICE

Ostensibly promoting the Home Office scheme to offer financial and administrative help to illegal immigrants who wish to return home voluntarily, it's the political message that is causing an uproar.

The mobile billboards are being driven around the London Boroughs with the highest immigrant populations as a pilot project, with the possibility of the campaign being rolled out in other cities later.

Our London correspondent and political analyst, Ivor Gaber, looks at reactions to the campaign, and the real motivation behind it.

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Käthe Leichter

Gennie Johnson looks at the life of the pioneering social activist and advocate for working women, Käthe Leichte, with Dr Jill Lewis.

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