Saturday, 5 September 2009

A selection of recent media reports

'The Jungle' may be closed by French Immigration Minister within a month
The sordid and lawless area of wasteground populated by Afghan and Iraqi migrants near Calais could be razed to the ground this month. French Immigration Minister Eric Besson is quoted as saying that 'The Jungle' will be raised at the end of September or the beginning of October.
Daily Mail (04-Sep-2009)

Europe's highest minimum wages
By Parmy Olson Luxembourg and the Netherlands top the list of the best places to earn bottom bucks. If you're having trouble managing to get a multimillion-dollar bonus from an investment bank, or even a six-figure salary, you could always go to Luxembourg and work on the minimum wage.
Yahoo Finance (04-Sep-2009)

Strange Days Indeed, By Francis Wheen
If you can remember the 1970s then you were probably there. Francis Wheen's account of the decade that gave birth to much that is modern is a page-turner.
The Independent (04-Sep-2009)

RAID LEAVES RESTAURANT CHAIN FACING FINES
AN INDIAN restaurant chain is facing fines of £130,000 after a swoop by officers from the UK Border Agency found 13 illegal...
Rotherham Advertiser (03-Sep-2009)

TAX RISES WILL JUST BE SQUANDERED ON ARMIES OF PARASITES
LIKE an alcoholic hooked on the bottle, Gordon Brown is addicted to grabbing our cash.
Daily Express (03-Sep-2009)

POPULATION WILL SOAR TO 70 MILLION, STUDY WARNS
HOME Office claims that Britains population will be limited to below 70 million were demolished by a new study yesterday.
Daily Express (03-Sep-2009)

BRITAIN MUST ALLOW IN THOUSANDS MORE REFUGEES, SAYS EU
BRITAIN and other European nations must accept a massive new wave of refugees from Africa, the EU s most senior immigration official said yesterday.
Daily Express (03-Sep-2009)

Wembley store faces fines after immigration raid
A WEMBLEY cash and carry could be fined as much as £30,000 after a raid uncovered three illegal workers. Immigration officials raided Rafiki Wholesale, in Fourth Way, on Thursday, arresting three Indian men, aged between 23 and 45, for a number of offences, including entering the country without leave and...
This is Local London (02-Sep-2009)

More homes for refugees as Europe aims to end people-trafficking
Europe is planning to take more refugees under a common resettlement scheme launched yesterday that aims to end people-trafficking from the worlds conflict zones.
Times Online (02-Sep-2009)

Migration and Population: Getting beyond rhetoric
Those with an interest in migration have become used to the panic that surrounds the publication of population statistics in the UK. In recent years these have shown migration as a key driver of population growth.
IPPR (02-Sep-2009)

The world over, people trafficking is the result of not addressing illegal immigration
The journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee describe their experiences in North Korea in an article in the Times. I urge Coffee Housers to read it, but I was struck by the story that brought them to the Tumen River.
The Spectator (02-Sep-2009)