Wednesday, 17 June 2009

A selection of recent media reports

Migrants amnesty would aid economy by £3bn, says study
An amnesty for an estimated 618,000 illegal immigrants in Britain would provide a £3bn boost to the economy, ­according to a London School of Economics study commissioned by the London mayor, Boris...
Guardian Unlimited - G2 (16-Jun-2009)

BNP could be 'very serious force'
He told a Westminster lunch he did not expect the party to gain MPs but the mainstream parties still had to "get their act together" to take them on. He also said he believed there could be an October general...
BBC News UK (16-Jun-2009)

Riot police descend on Calais as anarchists incite migrants to tear down border controls and make for Britain
Hundreds of armed riot police began arriving in Calais today as anarchists pledged to mobilise migrants to tear down border controls and make for Britain.
Daily Mail (16-Jun-2009)

Leigh: Few removed
Sir Andrew Green, chairman of Migrationwatch comments on the asylum...
Politics.co.uk (16-Jun-2009)

MPS WARN OVER FAILED ASYLUM SEEKERS
Prioritising the deportation of foreign national prisoners is leading to a reduction in the number of failed asylum seekers being removed from the UK, MPs have...
UK Express (16-Jun-2009)

WAR CRIMES SUSPECTS 'USE LOOPHOLES'
War crimes suspects who come to the UK are escaping justice because of "legal loopholes", according to a new...
UK Express (16-Jun-2009)

Report Says UK 'A Haven For War Criminals'
Britain is becoming a safe haven for war criminals and those funding genocide, according to a new report. The Aegis Trust says that war crimes suspects who come to the UK are escaping justice because of "legal loopholes".
Wave 105 (16-Jun-2009)

ASYLUM CHAOS: THE APPALLING TRUTH
THE number of failed asylum seekers being removed from Britain is plummeting as the system is engulfed in chaos, MPs said...
Sunday Express (16-Jun-2009)

Languages test for suspect asylum-seekers
Asylum seekers claiming to come from Palestine or Kuwait will face being tested on their own language in a bid to weed out bogus applications under changes announced by ministers...
The Independent (16-Jun-2009)

Asylum backlog 'doubled in a year'
By Ian...
Politics.co.uk (16-Jun-2009)

Angry students storm university
Five cleaners at the School of African and Oriental Studies (SOAS) in Bloomsbury have been deported in what students call an "act of revenge". The cleaners were involved in a "living wage" campaign and the students say that is why SOAS called in...
BBC News UK (15-Jun-2009)

Bernard Dineen: Trotskyite rabble are mirror image of BNP
LET'S have an end to the hysteria about the British National Party. They have arrived in the European Parliament thanks to the Labour MPs who turned their backs on the people who sent them to...
Yorkshire Post (15-Jun-2009)