Tuesday, 6 October 2009

A selection of recent media reports

Fresh wave of migrant landings on Spain's southern shore
Nearly 180 North Africans, including several minors, arrived in different locations on Spain's southern coast on 17 boats since Sunday, officials...
IC Publications (05-Oct-2009)

French pair charged with smuggling people
A mother and son have been charged in connection with the alleged people smuggling of 16 illegal immigrants on board a ferry arriving at...
Peterborough Today (05-Oct-2009)

Cypriots blame migrants for country's ills
Most people in Cyprus are wary of migrants whom they partly blame for high unemployment, an EU-funded survey showed on...
Yahoo Uk And Ireland News (05-Oct-2009)

Illegal bus drivers arrested
Two bus drivers working illegally in Britain were arrested, one in Dartford, by immigration officials after carrying out raids on their depots, the UK Border Agency (UKBA)...
Sheffield Telegraph (05-Oct-2009)

The Athenians: Another warning from history?
The collapse of Greek democracy 2,400 years ago occurred in circumstances so similar to our own it could be read as a dark and often ignored lesson from the past, a new study...
University of Cambridge (05-Oct-2009)

UN report calls for 'new deal' for migrant workers
Governments worldwide should look at changes to their immigration policies with a view to offering a "new deal" to migrant workers whose skills can help spur economic recovery, a UN report said...
Yahoo Uk And Ireland News (05-Oct-2009)

Criminals can no longer operate with impunity
Padlocked and surrounded by high metal fences, at night the building sites around the city are bleak, fortified places characterised by machinery and signs warning people to keep...
The Herald_uk (05-Oct-2009)

THE TORIES FACE A MASSIVE TASK WITH BROKEN BRITAIN
DAVID CAMERON'S Conservatives meet in Manchester this week knowing that Britain is beset by the most serious collection of problems it has faced for many...
Daily Express (05-Oct-2009)

African migrants seeking UK 'dream'
Panorama's Paul Kenyon visited a derelict house near the French port of Calais to hear why so many young African migrants remain determined to reach...
BBC News (05-Oct-2009)

WHY SHALLOW BLAIR MUST NOT LORD IT OVER US ALL AGAIN
THE EU juggernaut grinds on remorselessly, crushing the last gasps of independence from the member nations. Now that the people of Ireland have been bullied and brainwashed into voting for the Lisbon Treaty, the Euro-fanatics plans for a united superstate can be fully...
Daily Express (05-Oct-2009)

MELANIE PHILLIPS: If Cameron doesn't stop Blair being shoehorned as EU President, there'll be no point in him becoming B..
By the end of the Tory party conference, which starts today in Manchester, it would come as no surprise to find that Jerusalem had been replaced by the Czech national...
Daily Mail (05-Oct-2009)

ASYLUM SEEKERS BENEFITS CUT BY UP TO 16 PER CENT BY U
ASYLUM seekers face cuts in their support allowances from today but critics insist the changes do not go far...
Sunday Express (05-Oct-2009)