Saturday, 23 May 2009

A selection of recent media reports

Outrage after cage fighter who raped teenage girl is jailed for just 2½ years
CAMPAIGNERS have hit out at the sentence handed down to a cage fighter who was jailed for two and a half years for raping a teenager at a party. Edgar Kudzhoyan pounced on the then 17-year-old girl in a bedroom at a flat in Glasgow in...
News.Scotsman.com (23-May-2009)

Children smuggled into Britain are overwhelming the UK Border Agency
Niaz Ibrahimi was only 13 when he was bundled into a lorry by his family to flee Afghanistan and the death threats of the Taleban. Leaving behind his tearful family, Niaz and up to 15 other teenage boys travelled for thousands of miles across continents with little food and...
The Times (22-May-2009)

Investigation of colleges by The Times prompts parliamentary inquiry
A parliamentary inquiry has been ordered after an investigation by The Times exposed rampant abuse of Britains immigration controls by fraudsters at a network of bogus international...
The Times (22-May-2009)

'Swift action' on bogus colleges
Immigration Minister Phil Woolas is promising to "act swiftly" against any breaches of tough new rules to stop the misuse of student visas. It follows an investigation in The Times claiming that a network of bogus colleges had been selling entry to the UK under the cover of student...
BBC News (22-May-2009)

Sadistic asylum-seeking sex killer convicted of stabbing to death girlfriend and her sister
An 'evil, controlling monster' who stabbed his girlfriend and her sister to death in a frenzied attack may have lied about his past to gain entry to Britain, it was revealed...
Daily Mail (22-May-2009)