Friday 17 July 2009

A selection of recent media reports

I WON T CURB IMMIGRATION
Migrants received the thumbs-up to make a beeline for Britain yesterday from Gordon Brown. The Prime Minister refused to shut the door on our open borders policy, claiming immigration was great for Britain.
Daily Star (17-Jul-2009)

IMMIGRATION? NO NEED TO CAP IT, SAYS BROWN
GORDON Brown sparked fresh fury over mass immigration yesterday by explicitly ruling out a limit on Britain s spiralling population growth.
Daily Express (17-Jul-2009)

UK and French Governments plan mass deportation of Afghan refugees
Campaigners are mobilising on both sides of the channel to protest against a planned mass deportation of Afghan migrants from Calais next week, involving the UK and French Governments.
Ekklesia (16-Jul-2009)

EU urges member states to share burden of asylum influx
(STOCKHOLM) - The European Commission urged EU member states Thursday to help southern Europe confront a massive influx of asylum seekers and illegal migrants, saying solidarity and a harmonised asylum system were needed.
EUbusiness.com (16-Jul-2009)

Making a killing
Professional gangsters have been living it up.
Economist (16-Jul-2009)

Inaccurate data on migration set to stay
Inaccurate migration estimates which play a pivotal role in determining councils grant levels could be used for decades, the UK Statistics Authority admitted last week.
Lgc Plus (16-Jul-2009)

LEWISHAM: Immigration scam law firm workers jailed
THREE law firm workers have been given prison sentences totalling 16 years after a mass immigration fraud. Manager of the the Lewisham branch of Macauley Blackman Solicitors, Frances Enahoro, aged 51, was sentenced to seven years for masterminding a conspiracy giving more than 500 immigrants false documents..
News Shopper (16-Jul-2009)

JOBLESS TOTAL HITS 14-YEAR HIGH...AND IT WILL GET WORSE
UNEMPLOYMENT has soared to a 14-year high of nearly 2.4million, according to official figures released yesterday.
Daily Express (16-Jul-2009)