Friday 12 June 2009

A selection of recent media reports

Immigration loophole blasted by APSCo
A war of words is brewing between the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) and the UK Border Agency over the use of so-called 'intra-company transfers'.
HR Magazine (12-Jun-2009)

Acceding expectations
On January 1, Romania will join the European Union. Matthew Tempest went to Sibiu in the Carpathian mountains to see if the former communist state is ready to join Brussels - and whether the EU is ready for...
Guardian.co.uk (12-Jun-2009)

Churches mobilise to change attitudes around asylum
This Sunday (14th June) congregations across the country will remember and pray for persecuted people seeking sanctuary in the UK as well as for the workers at the UK Border...
Ekklesia (12-Jun-2009)

Labour's fear of middle England helped the BNP
After 12 years of defying any sensible approach to race relations, Labour is more to blame for the BNP's success than it thinks Buzz up! Digg it Antony Lerman , Friday 12 June 2009...
Guardian.co.uk (12-Jun-2009)

Increased number of asylum seekers
The number of asylum seekers arriving in Norway is again on the increase. In the first five months of this year 6595 persons applied for asylum, compared with 4324 in the same period last...
The Norway Post (12-Jun-2009)

Immigration could strain EU health services
Colin Meek Wester Ross, Scotland Physicians and politicians are warning that the new European Union membership of former East Bloc countries with high rates of infectious diseases could strain the continent's public health...
UK PubMed Central (12-Jun-2009)

Violent protest by anti-BNP protesters was anti-democratic and a political own goal
Disturbing though the rise in popularity of the far right is, equally disturbing is the hysterical over-reaction of the far left. On being pelted with eggs and forced to abandon a press conference, Nick Griffin, the party's leader, had every right to be...
The Scotsman (12-Jun-2009)

Britain may make it easier for Chinese Tourists
For concise and recent immigration information watch our news. Chinese tourists are visiting Schengen visa Countries and are avoiding the UK. As the UK is not part of the Schengen visa regime tourists have to apply separately for an UK visa to visit the...
Work Permit (12-Jun-2009)

Letters: Is Brown best of a bad bunch?
Is Brown just the best of a very bad Labour...
The Independent (12-Jun-2009)

Labour must change, or the party's over
Labour's historically low vote has left it without authority but how do its results compare with the performance of other parties? Buzz up! Digg it Martin Kettle , Monday 8 June 2009...
Guardian.co.uk (12-Jun-2009)

MAIL COMMENT: Deafening silence on the issues that matter
There is a deafening silence at the heart of British politics. While the nation's finances get sicker and sicker by the day, no one - and the Tories are just as bad as Labour - is prepared to discuss what we are going to do about the nightmare debt we are bequeathing to our...
Daily Mail (12-Jun-2009)

Want a British passport? Just stand on a picket line or canvas for Labour
Migrants will win fast-track passports if they stand on picket lines or knock on doors asking people to vote Labour, it emerged last night. The Home Office says trade union activism and political canvassing should count towards the planned new system of 'earned citizenship'.
The Mail On Sunday (12-Jun-2009)

BNP Nick Griffin wont talk to me? Thats a badge of honour
I CALLED Nick Griffin a swivel-eyed, knuckle-dragging fascist but stopped short of calling him a Nazi (I wonder why).
Online Sun (12-Jun-2009)

The hope we've gained from the BNP
Instead of the aghast, uncritical scaremongering, we now have a chance to expose the far-right party in a different way Buzz up! Digg it Sunny Hundal , Monday 8 June 2009...
Guardian.co.uk (12-Jun-2009)

Migrants told to stand on a picket line or canvas for Labour and get a British passport
Migrants will win fast-track passports if they stand on picket lines or knock on doors asking people to vote Labour, it emerged last night. The Home Office says trade union activism and political canvassing should count towards the planned new system of 'earned citizenship'.
The Mail On Sunday (12-Jun-2009)

Voters are giving up on Labour because it gave up on them
Mass immigration and closer EU integration have no public support, says Jeff Randall Jeff Randall Published: 7:35PM BST 11 Jun 2009 Imagine the...