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Desperate Keir Starmer wants to claim a national digital ID will “fix illegal immigration.”
This is a fantasy, as we explain below – but there is a real danger it appeals to people worried about high immigration in recent years. Join Together HERE to fight back against their latest convenient excuse.
First, some basic points:
- Countries with national ID systems – like Germany, France, and Italy – have large unauthorised migrant populations just like the UK.
- If an Uber driver, Deliveroo rider, or car wash worker is here illegally, there are already laws and systems to tackle this. Digital ID won’t change that. It’s an enforcement problem, not a tech problem.
- In terms of people who arrive here illegally, in essence: Border Force picks them up. The state houses them. The state processes asylum claims. If rejected, they’re told to leave. Most don’t. That’s not an ID failure – it’s the state failing to enforce its own rules.
Here are 5 of the most common claims made by those pushing digital ID, and the reality behind each one:
Claim 1: “If everyone has a digital ID, illegal immigration will stop.”
Reality: Germany, France and Italy already issue mandatory IDs – yet they host hundreds of thousands of unauthorised migrants.
Examples:
- Germany recorded 91,000 irregular entries in 2022 – around twice the UK’s, in UK’s peak year to date.
- In 2024, Italy had around 67,000 irregular sea arrivals – by far the highest (vs. ~37,000 in UK).
Claim 2: “Digital ID stops people sneaking in.”
Reality: Most UK unauthorised migrants arrive legally and overstay visas.
Post-entry ID checks don’t stop this.
Claim 3: “Digital ID ends illegal working.”
Reality: In countries with advanced ID systems, forged/stolen IDs and off-the-books work remain common.
France’s shadow economy is around 10% of GDP, for example.
Claim 4: Digital ID would “stop NHS use” by illegal migrants
Reality: GPs and A&E are already open to all by law. Hospital care is already chargeable if you’re not ordinarily resident.
This is a deliberate policy choice, supported by NHS guidance, not a tech gap. Digital ID adds nothing.
Claim 5: “Digital ID just makes life easier for everyone.”
Reality: It risks mass surveillance, data breaches, racial profiling and excluding those without tech.
The eVisa rollout is already dragging lawful residents into a Windrush-style mess.
In short, the claim Digital ID will “solve” illegal immigration is just the latest excuse in a long line…
It comes from dubious characters like Tony Blair who have a decades-long obsession with “tagging”, tracking and “managing” British citizens.
Imposing a national digital ID system would just be a costly distraction from the Home Office’s basic job:
- Process claims quickly
- Enforce existing laws
- Remove those with no right to remain
No tech gimmick will substitute for that.
A national digital ID system won’t control immigration – but it will control YOU.
This is a threat to everyone’s freedom, privacy, and safety – and we say NO.
If you agree, as well as taking the actions at our campaign page here, please join Together as a member so we can fight this as strongly as possible – thank you.
SOURCE: #together
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