Thursday, 20 August 2009

A selection of recent media reports

Call for a crackdown on cheap foreign workers
Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary, should clamp down on cheap foreign labour to avoid workers from outwith the EU undercutting skilled British workers, the UK Government's own migration advisory committee has said.
The Herald_uk (20-Aug-2009)

BRITISH WORKERS LOSE OUT TO LOWER PAID FOREIGNERS
LABOUR S immigration policy has led to thousands of low-paid foreigners getting jobs here at the expense of British workers, its own chief migration adviser admitted yesterday.
UK Express (20-Aug-2009)

Blitz on migrants to save 5,000 jobs
IMMIGRATION rules will be tightened to stop low-paid foreigners "undercutting" British workers.
The Sun (20-Aug-2009)

'Tighten the rules on migrants', Johnson told
HOME Secretary Alan Johnson has been urged to tighten the restrictions on migrant workers from outside the EU coming to take skilled jobs in the UK to ensure they are not "undercutting" British workers.
The Scotsman (20-Aug-2009)

Migrant worker numbers to be slashed by 10% in move to stop British workers being 'undercut'
The number of work permits handed to skilled migrants is to be slashed by 10 per cent to stop them 'undercutting' British workers. Government advisors also want jobs to be advertised solely in Britain for at least four weeks - a doubling of the current rules.
Daily Mail (20-Aug-2009)

Immigration in the slump: Newcomers still needed
History is replete with evidence that the mixing of mass unemployment and xenophobia can prove poisonous, and new figures last week underlined the potential for joblessness to translate into hatred once more.
Guardian.co.uk (20-Aug-2009)

Immigration raid on city takeaway
Three suspected illegal immigrants have been arrested after officers raided a Norwich takeaway. The Peking Chinese Takeaway, in Dereham Road, Norwich faces a £30,000 fine following the raids, which saw three kitchen staff arrested.
Evening news 24 (19-Aug-2009)

Labour warned not to cut skilled migrant numbers
Tough jobs market adds to pressure for new rules...
Guardian.co.uk (19-Aug-2009)

Migration rules eased for blue chips
British companies will no longer be forced to advertise some of their most senior vacancies in local JobCentres in order to comply with immigration rules, after the Home Office backed down on the issue.
Financial Times (19-Aug-2009)

UK should raise the bar for non-EU workers -report
Britain should demand higher standards of skilled workers from outside the European Union, according to the first report to government on its points based system for controlling immigration published.
Yahoo Uk And Ireland News (19-Aug-2009)

Migration points 'need changes' 
The new points-based immigration system for bringing in skilled workers from outside the EU needs strengthening, a group of economic advisers has said.
BBC On-Line (19-Aug-2009)

Migration points 'need changes'
The new points-based immigration system for bringing in skilled workers from outside the EU needs strengthening, a group of economic advisers has said.
BBC News (19-Aug-2009)

Migrant workers' wage bar 'should be raised'
Employers should be forced to raise the minimum pay offered to migrant workers from outside the European Union, according to the Governments Migration Advisory Committee.
Lgc Plus (19-Aug-2009)

White weddings and forced marriages
The plight of the couple kept apart by immigration rules shows the UK is again tying itself in knots over international...
Guardian.co.uk (19-Aug-2009)

UK points-based immigration system deemed utterly inflexible by lawyers
The government's points-based immigration system has caused unexpected problems for UK companies hiring staff from overseas because it is "utterly inflexible", the Financial Times has reported.
Personneltoday.com (18-Aug-2009)

Celtic stars must leave country
CELTIC CRUSADERS have been rocked after SIX players were told they are being deported.
The Sun (18-Aug-2009)

UK Border Agency shames our nation
How many more damning reports about the treatment of asylum and immigration applicants will it take for the Home Office to...
Guardian.co.uk (18-Aug-2009)

IS THIS PART OF THE BATTLE AGAINST THE WEST?
EAST is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet wrote Kipling. But clearly he d never seen a burkini.
Daily Express (18-Aug-2009)