Wednesday, 22 April 2009

April, 22 2009

French police in Calais migrant crackdown
Hundreds of people have been arrested after 300 French policemen swept through a migrant camp in Calais in a massive dawn raid this morning. One hundred and fifty people, mostly from Iraq, Afghanistan and Eritrea were arrested in a tented camp known as "the jungle" while 40 others were picked up at other... 
InTheNews.co.uk - (21/04)

'Illegal' jailed for drug factory
A Chinese illegal immigrant has been jailed for two years for his role in a cannabis factory in... 
BBC News Northern Ireland - (21/04)

Raids trap nine illegal workers
Officials raided the Honoured Guest restaurant on 16 April and found three Chinese nationals working illegally. At the nearby Shilam Indian restaurant six people, four from Bangladesh and two from India, were... 
BBC News UK - (21/04)

Calls to ban 'nasty, racist' BNP members from nursing
Members of the BNP should be banned from being nurses, according to a motion passed at Unisons Health Care Service Group Conference today. Delegates voted unanimously in favour of the motion, submitted by the National Nursing Sector, which calls for a law to prevent BNP members becoming... 
Nursing Times - (21/04)

MAYOR OF CALAIS SPEAKS SENSE ON IMMIGRATION
THE fortunes of Calais have been intricately intertwined with Britain for much of its... 
Daily Express - (21/04)

Asylum seekers are lured to the UK by its 'enormous' benefits, says Calais mayor in blistering attack on Britain
) Britain's enormous state handouts to asylum seekers were furiously criticised yesterday by the Mayor of Calais. Natacha Bouchart said these payouts were the lure for thousands of foreigners using the French port as a staging point to cross the Channel... 
Daily Mail - (21/04)

ASYLUM CRISIS ALL UK'S FAULT
BRITAIN'S lax asylum system and benefits culture is to blame for the thousands of migrants who try to sneak into the UK from France, the mayor of Calais has... 
Daily Express - (21/04)

'Risky' applicants for UK visas interviewed over the phone
Students from Pakistan are being interviewed over the telephone from outside the country when there are concerns they might be risky, Jacqui Smith admitted... 
The Times - (21/04)

Home Office conducting phone interviews with Pakistan students via Abu Dhabi, admits Smith | Politics | The Guardian
Minister sticks to 'bomb plot' arrests in statement MPs unable to raise G20 violence or Green... 
Guardian.co.uk - (21/04)

Islam a political target in Norway
With less than six months to go until Norway's general election, increasing tensions over immigration and Islam appear likely to play a significant role in the... 
BBC News Northamptonshire - (21/04)