Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will today announce tougher rules on immigration, intending to deter foreign visitors from overstaying on their visas.

Clegg, who is giving his first speech on the subject since joining the government, will call for a bail-like system of security bonds to tackle visa abuse by foreign visitors.

Under Clegg’s new proposal, visitors from the so-called “high risk” nationalities will be asked for deposits of £1,000, which will be repaid to them when leaving the country.

Clegg, who also chairs the Cabinet’s Home Affairs Committee, asked the Home Office earlier to run a trial “security bonds” plan by the end of this year in order to discourage visitors from overstaying.

Concerns have been raised in Britain over the number of immigrants flooding into the country after it was revealed that nearly half a million immigrants poured into the UK in 2011.

A recent poll showed that the British public considers immigration as the biggest problem the society is faced with, but UK citizens are basically tolerant to immigration, as long as new arrivals are in work and integrate into society.

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