Tuesday, 22 September 2009

A selection of recent media reports

I WON'T SACK ATTORNEY GENERAL - PM
Attorney General Baroness Scotland is clinging to her job after she was fined £5,000 for hiring an illegal immigrant as her housekeeper. Gordon Brown insisted he would not sack the peer, despite her being forced to apologise for "technically" breaking a law she had helped pass.
Daily Star (22-Sep-2009)

There will be no 'invasion' from 'jungle camps'
The persistence of camps appearing along the Normandy coast is a sympton of the failure of a wider European asylum...
Guardian Unlimited - Comment is Free (22-Sep-2009)

Illegal workers fined
Immigration officials targeted five illegal workers from Bulgaria and Iran who were working at a car wash in Folkestone, the UK Border Agency (UKBA) said.
The Scotsman (22-Sep-2009)

Immigrant children's school needs
Schools must do more to meet the needs of newly-arrived immigrant youngsters, according to a new report. Some have a good record but this is not consistent across Scotland, it said.
The Scotsman (22-Sep-2009)

Baroness Scotland fined £5,000 over cleaner
Baroness Scotland will not be forced to resign after paying a £5,000 fine for employing an illegal immigrant. Gordon Brown has confirmed that no further action will be taken over the attorney general's breach of the law, despite Conservative calls for her resignation.
ePolitix.com (22-Sep-2009)

Migrant 'jungle' camp bulldozed
French police have bulldozed a sprawling forest camp known as the "jungle" near the northern city of Calais. Police detained hundreds of illegal migrants who had hoped to slip across the English Channel into Britain.
Channel 4 News (22-Sep-2009)

Police clear French migrant camp 
French police have moved in to dismantle a makeshift camp set up by migrants near the port of Calais. French officials said 278 migrants had been held in the operation at the camp known as "the jungle". More than 1,000 were thought to have already left. 
BBC News (22-Sep-2009)

Hundreds of police clear Calais migrant camp
French police today cleared a controversial immigrant camp in Calais known as 'the jungle'. Hundreds of officers surrounded the camp at first light, rounding up dozens of people who had been living in the tent city on the edge of the Channel port. 
The Independent (22-Sep-2009)

French police clear 'the jungle' migrant camp in Calais
Hundreds of French riot police moved in early this morning to dismantle "the jungle", a squatter camp in Calais where hundreds of migrants had been sleeping rough hoping to stow away on lorries to Britain.
The Guardian (22-Sep-2009)

MIGRANTS: NOTHING WILL STOP US GETTING IN TO UK 
HUNDREDS of migrants have vowed they will do everything in their power get to Britain as French authorities prepared to bulldoze their illegal camp.
Daily Express (22-Sep-2009)

Tears and fights as French police clear Calais 'Jungle'
French police moved to clear migrants out of their makeshift camp in Calais today amid screams, tears and fights with protesters. Scuffles broke out as the camp, known as "the Jungle", was emptied in an intervention ordered by the French Government. 
The Times (22-Sep-2009)

French police detain hundreds of migrants in raid on Calais 'jungle' 
French riot police have detained 278 asylum seekers in a dawn raid on a makeshift camp known as "the jungle" in Calais, northern France. 
The Daily Telegraph (22-Sep-2009)

French police descend on 'jungle' immigrant camp in Calais
Protesters shout 'shame on France' as French police attempt to close Calais immigrant camp and drag camp dwellers away into buses
Guardian (22-Sep-2009)

French police clear Calais 'jungle' immigrant camp
French police have begun clearing out the immigrant camp in Calais known as the jungle, detaining hundreds of mainly Afghan asylum seekers. 
Daily Telegraph (22-Sep-2009)

Next stop UK: As riot police storm The Jungle migrant camp at Calais, a defiant message from the asylum seekers
An operation to raze the squalid Calais refugee camp known as the Jungle was underway this morning, led by French riot police said to be armed with flamethrowers, stun guns and tear gas. 
Daily Mail (22-Sep-2009)

Camp closure 'won't end problem'
Refugee campaigners have welcomed the closure of the camp known as the "Calais jungle", but warned that the problem will shift elsewhere. "It is quite right that it should be shut down," said Dan Hodges from the charity Refugee Action.
BBC News (22-Sep-2009)

Schools struggling to cope with the rising numbers of migrant children
Migrant children who arrive in Scotland are being placed in low ability classes regardless of how clever they are, according to a new report. Inspectors found some schools were adopting the practice because they could not cope with the fact that the children could not speak English.
The Herald_uk (22-Sep-2009)

IF MIGRANTS WANT TO HEAD TO BRITAIN THEN JUST LET THEM 
A SENIOR French Eurocrat will today demand a change in the law to allow Britain-obsessed asylum-seekers an easier ride across our borders. 
Daily Express (21-Sep-2009)

'Britain-obsessed' asylum seekers should be let in at earliest convenience, says Europe's justice supremo
Europe's Justice Commissioner will today demand a change in the law to allow 'Britain-obsessed' asylum seekers into the UK at their earliest convenience. 
Daily Mail (21-Sep-2009)

Voters demand EU referendum from David Cameron
A large majority of voters send a powerful message to David Cameron today by demanding a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty if the Conservatives win the next election. 
Daily Telegraph (20-Sep-2009)