Wednesday, 4 March 2009

March, 4 2009

Phil Woolas attacks ONS for 'sinister' immigration data release
A minister has criticised the Office for National Statistics over the "sinister" release of immigration data, fuelling an increasingly bitter row between the Government and the independent... 
Telegraph.co.uk - (04/03)

RELEASE OF IMMIGRATION DATA BLASTED
An apparent feud between the Government and the country's independent statistics body has deepened after immigration minister Phil Woolas accused it of "playing politics". 
Sunday Express - (04/03)

:: Britain bans members of anti-gay US church ::
- 03:22 AM Britain has barred entry to two members of a US church for inciting hatred against gays and others, the government said Thursday on the eve of a planned protest by the radical... 
GTR - (04/03)

Immigration system takes toll on arts
Circuses in Britain are running short of performers, including tightrope walkers and flying trapeze artists, because of difficulties with short-term visas under the new points-based immigration system, MPs were told... 
Newstin - (04/03)

MAIL COMMENT: Fiddling the figures
) To Immigration Minister Phil Woolas, the independent statistics watchdog is guilty of an unforgivable offence: the crime of doing its job and telling the... 
Daily Mail - (04/03)

Office of National Statistics under fire for publishing 'sinister' figures on immigration
Phil Woolas has questioned the publishing of the figures Britain's independent statistics watchdog has come under unprecedented attack from a Government minister who claimed it had a 'sinister' attitude to immigration. 
Newstin - (03/03)

Chef's 'new life' lasted one day
March 03, 2009 AN illegal immigrant who claimed to be visiting a friend in north west England was sent back home after border guards found a good luck card for his 'new life in the UK' in his... 
Manchester Online - (03/03)

Italy, Nigeria sign deal to combat people trafficking
Nigerian police will work alongside their Italian counterparts at Italian airports, ports and border checkpoints under a deal signed here Wednesday that aims to curb people... 
IC Publications - (03/03)

GUESS WHERE THE JOBLESS OF EASTERN EUROPE WILL HEAD...
AS UNEMPLOYMENT soars even the chronically smug British political class should by now surely realise its folly in throwing open our jobs market and welfare state to the citizens of Eastern... 
Daily Express - (03/03)

Zahed Amanullah: Headline figures from a new poll which says that US Muslims are doing better...
Headline figures from a new poll which say that Muslims are doing better in the US than the UK don't tell the whole story Six years ago, I left the country where I was born and arrived in Britain with an intent to settle here with my new... 
Newstin - (03/03)

68,000 work permits issued to African medical staff
A total of 67,685 work permits have been given to African medical staff since 2000, according to immigration minister Phil Woolas. Doctors and nurses from South Africa received 21,970 permits, 17,845 went to Zimbabweans, while Nigerians accounted for 9... 
Management In Practice - (03/03)

Economic research receives further funding boost
Following the latest call for proposals, the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is pleased to announce overall funding of £16.5m over 5 years from 2009/10 to 2015/16 for three new Centres focusing on the economic wellbeing of the... 
Esrc Scciety Today - (03/03)

Funding and issues of race
On Saturday, the Post reported that black Liberal Democrat councillor Shirley Brown used the term "coconut" to describe Asian Tory councillor Jay... 
This is Bristol - Evening Post - (03/03)