Illegal Immigrants And Proud Every day, hundreds of immigrants risk a potentially fatal journey in order to enter the UK illegally. Following on from the Channel 5 programme ‘Gypsies on Benefits’, this documentary film follows some of the 800,000 illegal immigrants who are thought to have settled in the UK and who have managed to live their lives largely below the authorities’ radar. Daljit Singh, or ‘Bobby’, is an Indian national who has lived in London without permission for nearly 20 years. He lives in an Ilford graveyard – that is, when he is not in prison. Bobby does not fiddle the benefits system, but his four spells behind bars have none the less cost the British taxpayer over £50,000. Compared to his graveyard home, living in prison is a tantalising offer: “ I love to stay in prison,” Bobby tells us. “In Thame side we had Sky so we watched football all day.” Many illegal immigrants coming to Britain from Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran take a route that leads through Calais, where a refugee camp has recently sprung up. In the camp, the programme meets Dawood, an Afghan who has been living there for a month. Dawood gives a tour of the lorries he hopes will be his free pass into the UK, pointing out the hiding spots which he hopes will keep him safe and hidden.