Cameron's immigration bill: what is he promising this time?

PM says it's 'tougher but fairer', but critics say it would be 'extremely detrimental' to access to justice

British Prime Minister David Cameron
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Wages paid to illegal migrant workers will be treated as the proceeds of crime and seized under the government's radical plan to curb immigration.

The move is part of what David Cameron calls "a tougher but fairer" approach to immigration that will make Britain "a less attractive place" to come and work illegally.

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