Friday, 3 July 2009

A selection of recent media reports

Fewer British Jobs for British Workers
The video about the impact of immigration on British Workers starts at 18:50/59:26
BBCTV The Politics Show 28 June, 2009 (03-Jul-2009)

Migrant squalor in Calais 'jungle'
BBC Paris Correspondent On a slip road close to the port of Calais in northern France, a group of dusty Afghan men are huddled around a single tap, filling water bottles and washing their feet.
BBC News (02-Jul-2009)

Calais advice centre for asylum seekers gets just FOUR inquiries a day
A United Nations mission offering asylum advice to British-bound migrants in Calais has had only four inquiries a day since it opened a month ago. The mission aims to tell refugees that Britain is not 'the promised land' and help them remain in France legally.
Daily Mail (02-Jul-2009)

The Big Question: Why is the UN setting up in Calais and can it resolve the refugee problem?
Why are we asking this now? The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is formally establishing a full-time presence in the French port.
The Independent (02-Jul-2009)

Farm raid nets 12 suspect workers
About 50 UK Border Agency officials and police officers raided Merryfield Farm, near Crediton, just before 0700 BST. It was one of the biggest immigration operations ever carried out by the UK Border Agency in the south west.
BBC News UK (01-Jul-2009)

People protectionism
Rich countries respond to the economic downturn by trying to limit the flow of...
Economist (01-Jul-2009)

Thinking local: social housing changes
What's on offer? Ministers say they want to give local people greater priority on social lists that includes council and housing association homes. What does it involve? Local authorities are to be asked to take account of applicants' links to their local area, how long they have been on the waiting list...
Guardian.co.uk (01-Jul-2009)

Vicar is arrested for 'organising 180 sham weddings for illegal immigrants'
A vicar has been arrested on suspicion of organising 180 sham weddings for illegal immigrants from Eastern Europe, it emerged today. The Rev Alex Brown, a popular figure in his parish for almost 20 years, was detained by police following a dawn raid on his rectory home yesterday.
Daily Mail (01-Jul-2009)

Immigrants take 70% of UK jobs
More than seven in 10 jobs created under the Labour government have been taken by foreign workers, according to a new report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Personneltoday.com (01-Jul-2009)

Labours U-turn on social housing for non-immigrants is welcome but too late
Rod Liddle says that metropolitan liberal ideology is too deeply ingrained in local councils, social services and the judiciary to be overturned by one panic measure driven by Labours sudden fear of the BNP The governments new and exciting No Homes for Darkies! policy, announced earlier this week, has,...
The Spectator (01-Jul-2009)

Stick to your remit, MPs tell human rights watchdog
MPs warned a human rights watchdog yesterday to stick to its brief and keep out of a debate on further devolution. The watchdog was also warned against getting into a debate on immigration.
The Scotsman (01-Jul-2009)

British jobs for foreign workers: Experts reveal 70% of new jobs taken by migrants
More than seven out of ten jobs created under the Labour Government have been taken by foreign-born workers, experts revealed last night. The percentage of new jobs taken by those born overseas is the highest of any of the major economies analysed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Daily Mail (01-Jul-2009)

Last rites for ID cards read by Johnson
Britons will no longer be required to register for identity cards, says Home...
The Independent (01-Jul-2009)

£5BN CHAOS AS LABOUR RETREATS ON ID CARDS
GORDON Brown performed his most spectacular U-turn yet yesterday by scrapping Labour s £5billion compulsory identity card scheme.
Daily Express (01-Jul-2009)

Like the rest of our myopic political elite, Mr Cameron should tell us whether - and how - he will deal with immigration..
For more than ten years, this newspaper and many of its columnists have been pointing out that immigration has been rising at an unprecedentedly fast rate.
Daily Mail (01-Jul-2009)