Monday, 3 August 2009

A selection of recent media reports

IMMIGRANTS COULD BE DENIED CITIZENSHIP IF THEY GET INVOLVED IN UNPATRIOTIC ACTIVITIES
IMMIGRANTS could be denied UK citizenship if they get involved in unpatriotic activities such as demonstrating against British troops.
Sunday Express (02-Aug-2009)

CASH FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS BUT NOT OUT BOYS
THE GOVERNMENT has handed out six times more cash to bogus Afghan asylum seekers than to our heroes wounded fighting the Taliban.
Daily Express (02-Aug-2009)

Crackdown on 80,000 immigrant wives with free pass to Britain
A highly controversial crackdown on immigrants accused of abusing welfare handouts is to be unveiled by Home Secretary Alan Johnson this week. He plans to ban wives brought here, mainly from India and Pakistan, from receiving child benefit and a wide range of other state aid unless they learn English,...
Daily Mail (01-Aug-2009)

A farce to keep Alan Johnson awake at night
What a farce . . . The incident would be comic if it wasnt so damning. An illegal migrant stows away under a Border Agency bus full of immigration police, gets to the UK and promptly disappears.
Daily Mail (01-Aug-2009)

Migrant hid in Border Agency bus to reach UK... and twenty immigration officers failed to spot him
An illegal immigrant is on the run after smuggling himself into Britain underneath a coach full of Border Agency officers returning from France. The immigration officers - whose job is to stop illegal immigrants entering the country - were oblivious to the stowaway hiding between the fuel tank and the...
Daily Mail (01-Aug-2009)

Immigrants will be denied passports if judged unpatriotic
IMMIGRANTS will be denied British passports if they are judged unpatriotic under a new citizenship system.
News of the World (01-Aug-2009)

MPs call for changes to points-based immigration system
The Government's new points-based system for managing migration may favour recent graduates with paper qualifications over workers with long professional experience and ability, a report warned today.
The Independent (01-Aug-2009)

MPs 'back' new immigration system 
The new points-based immigration system is working well, but concerns remain about the time taken to process visas and the appeals process, MPs have said.
BBC Home Page Web Site (01-Aug-2009)

Immigration system 'needs tuning'
The Government's new points-based system for managing migration may favour recent graduates with paper qualifications over workers with long professional experience and ability, a report warned.
Channel 4 News (01-Aug-2009)

Cannabis grower sent back to Vietnam with a warning
AN illegal immigrant who ran a Derby cannabis "factory" has been told to return to Vietnam and warn others that if they come to the UK and get involved in drugs, they will face jail.
This is Derbyshire.co.uk (01-Aug-2009)

MPs 'back' new immigration system
The new points-based immigration system is working well, but concerns remain about the time taken to process visas and the appeals process, MPs have said.
BBC News Nottinghamshire (01-Aug-2009)

Ministers take far-right fight to estates
White, working-class areas to be targeted as Government attempts to thwart rise of the British National...
The Independent (01-Aug-2009)

Leading article: The far right will not be defeated by half measures
Ministers must stop pandering to falsehoods put forward by...
The Independent (01-Aug-2009)

'The Government does not pay us any attention'
On the balcony of a first-floor flat in Kilsby Walk hangs a tatty St George's Cross. It provides the only splash of colour against the grey and gloomy surroundings; even in sunshine this rundown council estate looks miserable.
The Independent (01-Aug-2009)

JOBS FOR BRITS PROMISE IS NOT BACKED UP BY ACTION, SAY MPS
THE Government s controls on immigration from outside Europe are not doing enough to protect British workers, MPs have warned.
Daily Express (01-Aug-2009)

Doctor shortage could hit safety of staff and patients
DOCTORS leaders yesterday warned that unless urgent action is taken to plug the gap in the shortage of middle-grade doctors, the NHS in Wales could become unsafe both for staff and patients.
Wales Online (31-Jul-2009)

Girl, 15, 'forced to marry illegal immigrant who then raped her and assaulted her little sister'
Police are hunting a suspected illegal immigrant accused of raping a 15-year-old schoolgirl who had been forced to marry him. 
Daily Mail (31-Jul-2009)