Thursday, 4 June 2009

A selection of recent media reports

Denial is opening the door to the extremists
It's pointless to pretend that the BNP does not have genuine appeal on ordinary housing estates across the land
Timesonline (03-Jun-2009)

Gang Jailed For UK's Biggest Visa Scam
Three illegal immigrants have been jailed for a combined total of 19 years for their part in Britain's single biggest visa...
Sky News (03-Jun-2009)

Offshore suppliers 'take the mickey' out of UK law
IT service providers from overseas are bending immigration rules to provide offshore services by stealth as thousands of IT workers join dole queues, it was claimed...
Computer Weekly (03-Jun-2009)

Foreign pupils 'need more support'
Foreign national children in schools must be given the same educational advantages as their Irish-born classmates, a report has...
Yahoo Uk And Ireland News (03-Jun-2009)

EU set for thorny talks on asylum
Commission will make new attempt to convince member states to help Italy and Malta handle claims for...
European Voice (03-Jun-2009)

Significant success in campaign for Balanced Migration
Commenting on the Home Secretarys announcement that the Government intends to break the link between allowing people to come to work here and settlement, the Co-Chairmen of the Cross Party Group on Balanced Migration Frank Field MP and Nicholas Soames MP said: 
Balanced Migration (03-Jun-2009)

Indian immigrants earned millions from visa fraud factory
The married couple, aided by a network of sham colleges, churned out a production line of fake academic certificates for clients who paid up to £4,000 each for a false educational history that would win them the right to live in...
Times Online (03-Jun-2009)

PCS: Home secretary seeks ban on BNP protesting near Home Office after union complaint
Home secretary Jacqui Smith says she wants to prevent the BNP from targeting Home Office buildings for protests after a strong complaint from the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS).
Politics.co.uk (03-Jun-2009)

Man guilty of visa scam
An Indian illegal immigrant was found guilty today of masterminding the single biggest visa scam ever seen in Britain. Rakhi Shahi, 31, was convicted of conspiracy to defraud, handling criminal and immigration offences at Isleworth Crown...
Asian Image (03-Jun-2009)

Arrest of Tory MP Damian Green over doomed leaks inquiry cost taxpayers £109,000
The doomed inquiry into Tory MP Damian Green and his links to Home Office leaks cost the taxpayer £109,000, it was revealed today. The Metropolitan Police spent £66,000 on overtime and nearly £35,000 on legal advice during the course of its investigations, which resulted in shadow immigration...
Daily Mail (03-Jun-2009)

NOW IS THE MOMENT TO REGISTER A PROTEST VOTE
TOMORROW'S European and local elections present the British public with their first chance to punish political parties for the scandal of MPs ...
Daily Express (03-Jun-2009)

Bristol teachers tell pupils not to vote for BNP
A Bristol school is believed to be the first in the city to use an anti-British National Party leaflet in lessons to teach teenagers about political...
This is Bristol - Evening Post (03-Jun-2009)

Smith's goodbye offer: A limit on immigrants allowed to stay
A limit is finally to be placed on the number of non-European Union immigrants allowed to settle permanently in Britain. In her final act before standing down, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith promised a new points system for those who want to apply for...
Daily Mail (03-Jun-2009)

Eurosceptics seek EU power in election
(PRAGUE) - Eurosceptic parties are aiming to grab a chunk of the power they so despise in the EU parliament elections this week. From the UK Independence Party (UKIP), which wants to pull Britain out of the 27-nation club altogether, to Dutch firebrand Geert Wilders who wants the EU to collapse and the new..
EUbusiness.com (03-Jun-2009)

Leaders fear protest vote in EU election
(LONDON) - The marathon four-day EU parliament election starts Thursday in Britain and the Netherlands with the whole continent braced for a massive abstention and a protest vote by those who take part which could boost extremist...
EUbusiness.com (03-Jun-2009)