Wednesday, 29 April 2009

April, 29 2009

Skilled jobs for migrants cut by 300,000 | Business | guardian.co.uk
Construction and social work jobs removed from official shortage list, but top contemporary dancers... 
Guardian.co.uk - (29/04)

Brown accused of 'cowardice' after Commons defeat over treatment of Gurkha soldiers
Comments (32) Add to My Stories Gordon Brown was accused of 'cowardice' tonight as he suffered a crushing Commons defeat over his shameful treatment of Gurkha... 
The Mail On Sunday - (29/04)

Government urged to slash number of non-EU skilled immigrants by a third
) Ministers should slash the number of jobs open to immigrants by a third, government advisers said today. The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) said 270,000 fewer posts should be open to non-EU migrants as a result of the... 
Daily Mail - (29/04)

Ministers defeated on Gurkhas vote
The government has suffered an embarrassing Commons defeat on its policy of allowing only limited numbers of Gurkhas to settle in the... 
Yahoo Uk And Ireland News - (29/04)

Asylum seeker who killed girl, 12, in hit and run walks free despite judge recommending deportation
) A failed asylum seeker who left a young girl dying under the wheels of his car after a horrific hit and run accident was freed today. Aso Mohammed Ibrahim was due to be deported after his applications for asylum and citizenship were kicked... 
Daily Mail - (29/04)

NEW LAW MAY GIVE ASYLUM TO 22,500 REFUGEES
Thousands more asylum seekers will be given the right to live, work and claim benefits in... 
Sunday Express - (29/04)

Immigration officers raid Caesar's Palace restaurant in Liverpool
IMMIGRATION officials swooped on a popular Liverpool restaurant and detained three men suspected of working in the country illegally. The officers targeted the Caesars Palace restaurant in Renshaw Street, Liverpool city centre, where they spot-checked staffs... 
IC Liverpool - (28/04)

Failed asylum seeker jailed
A FAILED Turkish asylum seeker who was working illegally in an Exeter takeaway has been jailed for 12 months after trying to use a false passport and ID card to pretend he was in the UK... 
This is Plymouth - (28/04)

Scotland's population 'highest in 28 years'
Country home to 5,168,500 as of June 2008 - up 24,300 on the previous... 
Stv.tv - (28/04)

Tories raise referendum pressure
Leader David Cameron said that, if the Tories gained power before the treaty came into force, they would attempt to reverse last year's ratification. Ministers were "honour-bound" to hold a referendum on it, as was promised for the discarded EU... 
BBC News UK - (27/04)