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A selection of recent media reports

Scottish population up but Dundee s down 5%
The population of Scotland has risen to a near 30-year high thanks to immigration and a continuing rise in births (writes Grant Smith).
Evening Telegraph and past (07-Aug-2009)

Government drops bid to deport doctor implicated in Glasgow Airport terror attack
THE Government is no longer seeking to deport the doctor accused of involvement in the London and Glasgow bomb plots, sources said today. The Home Office had maintained that despite Mohammed Asha being cleared at trial, he still presented a threat to national security.
Daily Record (07-Aug-2009)

Immigration officials find illegal workers at Weymouth KFC
By Miriam Phillips » FOUR illegal workers are being deported after they were found during a raid at a KFC fast food restaurant in Weymouth. Immigration officials from the UK Border Control Agency swooped on the busy restaurant in Jubilee Park after receiving intelligence about illegal working.
Dorset Echo (07-Aug-2009)

Restaurant faces fine of GBP20,000 after employing illegal workers for the second time in two years
Two illegal immigrants have been caught by UK Border Agency officers during a crackdown on illegal working in Norwich. Acting on intelligence, a specialist team visited Zizzi Restaurant in Tombland at around 1815 on 28 July 2009.
M2 (07-Aug-2009)

Fair play, Boris Johnson
Will the mayor's new approach to equality of opportunity in London build on past achievements or erode...
Guardian.co.uk (07-Aug-2009)

Student visa con warning
TENS of thousands of foreigners posing as students at bogus colleges have been given visas, it emerged yesterday.
The Sun (07-Aug-2009)

Finance Minister Sammy Wilson clashes with group over racism
A Stormont minister has clashed with a leading ethnic minorities group after accusing campaigners of overstating the problem of racism to attract public money.
Belfast Telegraph (07-Aug-2009)

Ministers hunt for 4,000 'bogus' foreign students
Ministers are trying to locate nearly 4,000 foreign students who are living in Britain after coming to the UK to study at bogus colleges, it emerged last night.
The Independent (07-Aug-2009)