Sunday 21 June 2009

A selection of recent media reports

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)

Cost of keeping failed asylum seekers has soared from £4m to £73m in just FOUR years, Minister admits
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)

1 in 3 Pakistan visas not checked
Secret internal report sheds light on successful applications for dubious travel...
Times Online (20-Jun-2009)

UKIP denies racism in wake of siege
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)

France considering proposal to ban burqa
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)