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April, 20 2009 Comment: why the Government's e-borders system won't work When David Blunkett was Home Secretary, he seemed to be very keen to persuade long-term British residents to become citizens.  The Daily Telegraph - (20/04) UK Border Agency could target ethnic minorities Immigrants could be abused at the hands of increasingly powerful officials, the Human Rights Commission warned yesterday. The right to liberty and freedom from degrading treatment must be respected when measures like roadside checks are introduced, the Northern Ireland body...  Belfast Telegraph - (20/04) Lawsuits on human rights halve despite European act Experts say latest figures counter arguments that the law should be...  The Independent - (20/04) Italy to accept migrants, after spat with Malta Italy agreed Sunday to take in 140 migrants rescued off its island of Lampedusa by a Turkish freighter three days earlier, resolving a spat with Malta over their...  Yahoo Uk And Ireland News - (19/04) HOMELESS MIGRANTS SQUALID CAMP IN THE WOODS IN A COPSE a few minutes from a historic English cathedral city is a squalid makeshift...  Daily Express - (19/04) Ethnic groups getting £1m support More than £1m is to be divided between 27 groups to support the integration of minority ethnic communities. The announcement was made on Sunday by Junior Ministers Jeffrey Donaldson and Gerry Kelly at the Festival of India at St George's Market,...  BBC News UK - (19/04) UK to attend UN anti-racism conference The UK will be attending the UN's anti-racism conference in Geneva on Monday despite fears the event will be used as a platform for anti-i views. Many Western countries are concerned that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, 's president, will use his speech on Monday at the conference to criticise Israel, and several are..  InTheNews.co.uk - (19/04) Asylum seekers win right to stay because of 'shambolic' immigration hearings  Failed asylum seekers are winning the right to stay in Britain because of "shambolic" failings in the immigration hearing system.  The Sunday Telegraph - (19/04) Row strands saved migrants at sea A group of 140 migrants is spending a fourth day stranded on board a Turkish cargo ship as a row rages over which country will accept them. The migrants were rescued by the MV Pinar after their boats got in trouble in rough seas some 25 miles off the Italian island of...  BBC News UK - (19/04) Equality chief Trevor Phillips in 'conflict of interest' row | Society | The Observer Britain's watchdog has denied that its chairman is open to a conflict of interest after he signed a deal with a financial services company to promote specialist credit cards for...  Guardian.co.uk - (19/04) Labour Minister PHIL WOLLAS: I want you to vote Tory Immigration Minister Phil Woolas urges you to vote Labour at the European elections on June 4 You wouldn't normally expect a Labour Minister to ask you to vote Conservative or Liberal Democrat or even...  The Mail On Sunday - (19/04) Leaks inquiry: 20 names targeted TWENTY people, including a senior Tory MP and the Sunday Times journalist David Leppard were targeted by Scotland Yards botched secrets inquiry into the Conservative frontbencher Damian...  The Times - (18/04) ONE MILLION OF EUROPES POOR OFFERED WAY INTO UK FEARS were growing last night that a fresh wave of migrants was on the way here after up to a million eastern Europeans were offered a back door route into...  Daily Express - (18/04) Evangelicals highlight traps in new UK immigration rules The new immigration system in Britain is throwing church workers and organisations into confusion because the UK Border Agency has not taken into account the complexity of religious...  Ekklesia - (18/04)