Migration and social housing Housing 'not favouring migrants' WE PAY FRENCH £15M TO CATCH THEIR ILLEGALS PARIS PARK WHERE MIGRANTS PLAN NEW LIFE IN UK How ten per cent of State housing is taken up by immigrants Jail for Romanian who did three burglaries in three days Brown in £15m border control pledge UK and France agree on immigration clampdown Canada 'to stem Czech migration' Britain pledges £15m to tighten border controls Talks on cross-Channel immigration Gordon Brown helped by European leaders keen to ratify Lisbon treaty Expats' paradise lost in New Zealand's jobs crisis - just weeks after it was named best place to make a fresh start Twice as many asylum seekers ejected from Ireland Migrants are going to Britain, come hell or high water Brown's policy of 'local homes for local people' may be illegal Labour relaunch is already sinking Sharia law UK: Mail on Sunday gets exclusive access to a British Muslim court On our guard Visa checks 'inadequate' - ToriesA selection of recent media reports
Commenting on the Human Rights and Equality Commission report into the allocation of social housing, the Co-Chairmen of the Cross Party Group on Balanced Migration said: The elephant in the room is the huge impact of migration on overall demand for housing.
Balanced Migration (07-Jul-2009)
There is no evidence that new arrivals in the UK are able to jump council housing queues, an Equality and Human Rights Commission report says. Once they settle and are entitled to help, it adds, the same proportion live in social housing as UK-born residents.
BBC News (07-Jul-2009)
GORDON Brown yesterday pledged £15million of British taxpayers cash to root out illegal immigrants in France.
Sunday Express (07-Jul-2009)
AN idyllic park in the heart of a fashionable district of Paris has become the latest departure point for hundreds of immigrants seeking a new life in Britain.
Daily Express (07-Jul-2009)
One in ten state-subsidised homes is occupied by an immigrant family, the Government's equality watchdog said yesterday. The first estimate of the impact of immigration on social housing means nearly 400,000 homes have gone to tenants who were born abroad.
Daily Mail (07-Jul-2009)
A ROMANIAN immigrant has been jailed for 18 months after admitting a string of burglaries, shoplifting and carrying a knife. Ovidiu Iacob, aged 24, of Colin Campbell Court, Plymouth, took part in three burglaries in the Yelverton area within the space of three days.
This is Plymouth (06-Jul-2009)
Britain has promised £15 million to tighten border controls in French ports where hundreds of would-be migrants gather in the hope of smuggling themselves into the UK.
Sunday Mirror (06-Jul-2009)
£15m allocated to border controls and repatriation of Calais immigrants stepped up as Brown and Sarkozy meet before...
Guardian.co.uk (06-Jul-2009)
BBC News, Prague Canada is considering measures to deal with the large number of people seeking asylum from the Czech Republic. They are almost all members of the Roma or gypsy minority, fleeing what they say is persecution at home.
BBC News (06-Jul-2009)
Britain today promised £15 million to tighten border controls in French ports where hundreds of would-be migrants gather in the hope of smuggling themselves into the UK.
The Independent (06-Jul-2009)
Plans for a crackdown on illegal cross-Channel immigration are being discussed by Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy at an Anglo-French summit.
Ananova (06-Jul-2009)
European leaders are so desperate for Gordon Brown to stay in power until after the Lisbon treaty comes into force that they are willing to make compromises to shore up his political position, The Times has learnt.
Times Online (06-Jul-2009)
Only a few weeks ago, New Zealand was identified as the best place for British expats to make a fresh start. It didn't take long for the accolade to wear thin.
Daily Mail (06-Jul-2009)
The immigration bureau has deported 142 failed asylum seekers so far this year as opposed to 161 throughout...
Times Online (05-Jul-2009)
Gazing across the Channel in the direction of the white cliffs of Dover, Amir Gul stood on Calais beach and imagined himself on the other side - and living the dream that has brought him 3,500 miles from Afghanistan
Daily Telegraph (05-Jul-2009)
Labour's attempts to battle perceptions over its housing policy are flawed according to...
U TV (05-Jul-2009)
Though no one could blame you for missing it, the government had a relaunch last week with the publication of a 126-page prospectus called Building Britains Future.
Times Online (04-Jul-2009)
In a shabby converted sweetshop in Leyton, East London, a group of burka-clad Muslim women sit in a waiting room. They have an appointment with Dr Suhaib Hasan at his twice-weekly surgery.
Daily Mail (04-Jul-2009)
THE nation mourns two fine soldiers lost in war-torn Afghanistan.
The Sun (04-Jul-2009)
Officials are spending an average of just 11 minutes checking visa applications from Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Tories have claimed. The introduction of a new system for handling visas means only 11 entry clearance officers have processed more than 66,000 requests over seven months amounting to 43...
Guardian.co.uk (04-Jul-2009)
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