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A selection of recent media reports

Revealed: The areas of Britain where there are more migrants chasing jobs than locals
The true extent of the huge influx of foreign workers into Britain is revealed in an investigation by the Daily Mail. In some parts of the UK there are more migrants searching for jobs than native Britons - even at this time of soaring unemployment.
Daily Mail (20-Aug-2009)

Migrant permits to be cut by third as work dries up
The number of jobs available to non-EU migrants seeking a work permit is to be slashed by a third, Government advisers revealed yesterday. The proposal from the Migration Advisory Committee comes in direct response to the economic crisis.
Daily Mail (20-Aug-2009)

The BNP will lose the argument
It's not hard to intellectually undermine the far-right party don't just dismiss its racist arguments, break them...
Guardian.co.uk (20-Aug-2009)

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)