Immigration centre staff injured in hunger strike row Cost of keeping failed asylum seekers has soared from £4m to £73m in just FOUR years, Minister admits 1 in 3 Pakistan visas not checked UKIP denies racism in wake of siege France considering proposal to ban burqaA selection of recent media reports
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)
Taxpayers are paying £73million to house and feed failed asylum seekers who should have been deported - a huge leap from the £4million spent just four years ago.
Daily Mail (20-Jun-2009)
Secret internal report sheds light on successful applications for dubious travel...
Times Online (20-Jun-2009)
The UK Independence Party denied attempting to stir up racial tension after calling for tighter controls on immigration in the wake of an armed siege in Norwich.
Evening News - Norwich (20-Jun-2009)
London, June 20 : French President Nicolas Sarkozy's Government is considering a proposal of parliamentarians to ban the burqa and other Islamic clothing.
BRITAINnews.net (20-Jun-2009)
Sunday 21 June 2009
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