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A selection of recent media reports

YOU PAY £73M SO ILLEGALS CAN STAY
TAXPAYERS spent £73million to look after failed asylum seekers who should have been booted out of Britain. 
Daily Star (22-Jun-2009)

Record level of passports for migrants
THE number of British passports handed to migrants is set to hit a record 220,000 this year.
The Sun (22-Jun-2009)

Gastrojail
RAPISTS and terrorists are among foreign criminals being treated to GOURMET grub on the taxpayer as they wait to be booted out of Britain.
The Sun (22-Jun-2009)

MORE IMMIGRANTS CLAIM BRITISH CITIZENSHIP
THE number of immigrants who have been granted British citizenship has increased by 57 per cent year on year.
UK Express (22-Jun-2009)

£73M BENEFITS FOR ASYLUM REJECTS WHO WON'T LEAVE
THE amount of taxpayers money spent on asylum seekers who have had their claims turned down has soared to a shocking £73million a year, it emerged yesterday.
Daily Express (22-Jun-2009)

Alan Johnson to tackle antisocial behaviour as top priority
Alan Johnson will revive the crusade against antisocial behaviour after admitting that the Government has been coasting on the issue in past years. The new Home Secretary said that too many people on housing estates felt ignored by the authorities and that their worries about yobbish behaviour were not...
Times Online (22-Jun-2009)

British passports to be given to a record 220,000 migrants this year
The number of British passports given to migrants is set to hit a record 220,000 this year. In the first three months of 2009, 54,615 citizenship applications were approved - up 57 per cent on the same period in 2008.
Daily Mail (21-Jun-2009)

POPE'S PLEA OVER WELCOMING REFUGEES
Pope Benedict said that countries must continue receiving refugees despite the difficulties they create while also addressing the causes that drive so many people from their homes.
Daily Express (21-Jun-2009)

Immigration centre staff injured in hunger strike row
A member of staff at the Yarl s Wood Immigration Centre was stabbed with a pen and another was bitten during a protest. Around 50 detainees at the centre near Clapham, have been refusing to eat prepared meals this week protesting about their treatment, although a spokesman for the Home Office said they still.
Bedfordshire on Sunday (21-Jun-2009)