Friday, 10 July 2009

A selection of recent media reports

150,000 ASYLUM SEEKERS TO STAY
Nearly 150,000 asylum seekers will stay in Britain because staff cannot handle the paperwork. The Home Office faces a huge backlog of 450,000 claims. But more than 144,000 immigrants will be free to stay on human rights grounds because they have now set up families here.
Daily Star (10-Jul-2009)

Segregation in schools fuelled by 'white flight', report warns
in parts of England are becoming increasingly segregated, deserted by white parents if they find their children becoming outnumbered by pupils from ethnic minorities, a report by a thinktank set up to promote community cohesion has warned.
Guardian.co.uk (10-Jul-2009)

SOFT-TOUCH ASYLUM AS 144,000 GET BACK-DOOR AMNESTY
AT least 144,000 asylum seekers are to be allowed to remain in Britain in a desperate attempt to reduce a massive backlog of applications, figures revealed yesterday.
Sunday Express (10-Jul-2009)

LEVY ON MIGRANTS IS 'WINDOW DRESSING'
A NEW levy on immigrants arriving in Britain will be used to fund multilingual teachers in schools and to encourage foreigners to register with doctors.
Sunday Express (10-Jul-2009)

Fruit pickers: 'The money we earn is not worth getting out of bed for'
They were promised a decent living, but the reality has been very different.
The Independent (10-Jul-2009)

Blood money
BRITAIN'S immigration laws are a joke all over the world.
The Sun (09-Jul-2009)

The immigration revolution: can Europe be the same with different people in it?
Something explosive is about to hit the British political arena, a book with ideas so shocking it will change the debate on the most important issue in European politics. 
Daily Telegraph (09-Jul-2009)