Tuesday 2 June 2009

A selection of recent media reports

Would-be terrorists don't choose bogus colleges, says minister | Education | guardian.co.uk
Bogus colleges are a problem, Phil Woolas tells MPs, but not because of...
Guardian.co.uk (02-Jun-2009)

MPs are to blame for letting the likes of the BNP in
Grotesque corruption in Westminster has prepared the ground for the lunatic fringe at next months local and European elections. Its too late for Labour, the Tories and the Lib Dems to get self-righteous about monster raving loony parties like UKIP and the...
Sunday Mirror (02-Jun-2009)

BNP eyes 'seismic' breakthrough
The British National Party believes it is poised to make a "game-changing" breakthrough by winning its first European Parliament...
BBC News Political Edition (02-Jun-2009)

A bill to strengthen Britain's borders
The new borders, citizenship and immigration bill will ensure that people building a new life here have earned the right to do...
Guardian Unlimited - G2 (02-Jun-2009)

Immigration minister Phil Woolas admits he has 'no clue' how many foreign students attend bogus colleges
Phil Woolas admitted the Government does not have a clue how many bogus students are at large in the UK. After being asked repeatedly by MPs how many student visa cheats may be living here, the immigration minister replied: 'It is best not to guess if you are not...
Daily Mail (02-Jun-2009)

IT jobs 'lost to cheap labour'
BBC File on 4 British IT contractors have lost their jobs to non-EU workers because they were cheaper, the BBC has been told. A former contractor at BT's Global Services Unit, said IT contractors laid off recently by BT were told workers from an Indian company cost less...
BBC News (02-Jun-2009)

New measures tackle illegal employment
The Council of the European Union has adopted a directive aimed at fighting illegal immigration setting out new rules that seek to put an end to abuses by unscrupulous employers who make contracts with illegal workers and subject them to low salaries and poor working...
European Cleaning Journal (02-Jun-2009)

Immigration key in Europe vote
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement A Dutch politician, who is banned from Britain because of his extreme views, is predicted to do well in this week's European Parliament...
BBC News Bristol (02-Jun-2009)

'Why can't hotel staff speak English?' Andrew Flintoff in bizarre anti-immigration outburst
England cricketer Andrew Flintoff launched an anti-immigration tirade during an interview where he spelled out what he would change about the country if he was Prime...
Daily Mail (02-Jun-2009)

Immigration Unit Is 'Struggling To Cope'
An immigrant removal centre holding some of Britain's most challenging detainees is "struggling to cope", according to prison...
Yahoo Uk And Ireland News (02-Jun-2009)

FLINTOFF'S TIRADE OVER MIGRANTS AND THE YOBS
CRICKET hero Andrew Flintoff launched an extraordinarily outspoken attack on the state of the nation...
Sunday Express (02-Jun-2009)