Wednesday, 15 April 2009

April, 15 2009

Surge in state handouts for credit crunch Poles pushed out of jobs and into UK benefits system
) Thousands of Polish immigrants are applying for UK benefits as the jobs which first attracted them are wiped out by the recession. Figures reveal a sharp rise in applications from eastern Europeans, who are entitled to the full range of benefits once they have worked here for 12... 
Daily Mail - (14/04)

Student visa scam allowing terror suspects into Britain
A suspected terrorist linked to an alleged al-Qaeda plot to attack Manchester was a student at a bogus college that sold places on fake courses to hundreds of Pakistanis seeking entry to Britain. 
The TIMES - (14/04)

Boycott these checks on students
As academics involved in research on the uses and abuses of state power, it is becoming increasingly apparent that members of staff in universities and colleges are being drawn into a role of policing immigration (Universities weigh up new fraud unit to thwart bogus applications, 11 April). 
Guardian Unlimited - G2 - (14/04)

ALARM AT SURGE IN EURO MIGRANTS ON UK BENEFITS
THE number of east Europeans applying for benefits has almost doubled amid growing fears that thousands of jobless migrants could see out the recession at the taxpayers... 
Sunday Express - (14/04)