Friday, 9 October 2009

A selection of recent media reports

Migration rules relaxed - Lib Dems
The Government has been accused of "quietly" relaxing immigration rules to help clear a backlog of asylum claims. Ministers changed Home Office guidelines over the summer in a move which could see thousands of claimants being given indefinite leave to remain in the...
IC Essex (09-Oct-2009)

280 officers could go in police cuts
Julie Spence UP to 280 police officers could be axed in Cambridgeshire as the force braces itself for swingeing cuts. Chief Constable Julie Spence yesterday warned pending public sector cuts, which could wipe out 20 per cent of the force budget, would have to be imposed "across the board", meaning frontline.
Cambridge News 2 (09-Oct-2009)

UK cops combating alien crime gangs
Nearly 2,600 drug smugglers, people traffickers and fraudsters have been prosecuted by new joint United Kingdom Border Agency and police teams since April 2008, Border and Immigration Minister Phil Woolas stated in a report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of...
New Criminologist (09-Oct-2009)

Ten arrested in immigration raid at veg packers
Comments (0) Have your say ' TEN workers were arrested when immigration officials raided a Bicester food factory. The UK Border Agency and two police officers arrived at Just Prepared, in Bainton Close, off Charbridge Way, at...
The Oxford Times (09-Oct-2009)

MIGRATION RULES RELAXED - LIB DEMS
The Government has been accused of "quietly" relaxing immigration rules to help clear a backlog of asylum claims.
Daily Express (09-Oct-2009)

40,000 asylum seekers could be given permission to stay in UK under new rules
The Government has 'quietly' relaxed immigration rules to help clear a backlog of asylum claims, it emerged last night. Ministers have changed Home Office guidelines in a move which could see 40,000 previously ineligible foreigners being given indefinite leave to remain in the...
Daily Mail (09-Oct-2009)

I'LL MEND BRITAIN
DAVID CAMERON yesterday declared his readiness to become Prime Minister by setting out a soaring vision of a Britain rebuilt by responsibility and family...
Daily Express (09-Oct-2009)

1 IN 4 PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE MUSLIMS
ONE in four people in the world are now Muslim, a report has revealed. Islam has 1.57billion followers and is growing fast, just behind the Christian church which is the most popular faith with...
Daily Star (09-Oct-2009)

Cameron: 'I want to put Britain back on her feet'
The Conservative leader told delegates at the party conference in Manchester that if he was in power he would roll back 'big government' in favour of a 'stronger society, stronger families and stronger communities'.
Publicservice.co.uk (08-Oct-2009)

Zurich gives go-ahead to poster with 'racist image of Islam' ahead of Swiss vote on allowing minarets at mosques
Switzerland's cities are divided after Zurich approved use of a poster showing missile-like minarets atop a Swiss flag ahead of a national vote on whether to ban the construction of towers at...
Daily Mail (08-Oct-2009)

David Cameron is ready for No 10
In his very human speech David Cameron showed that it is time to bring compassionate conservativism to Downing...
Guardian.co.uk (08-Oct-2009)

French politician arrested for 'smuggling 16 Vietnamese migrants into Britain'
A French town councillor has been charged with smuggling 16 Vietnamese migrants into Britain in the back of a van. Christiane Chocat, 51, along with her son Benjamin, 20, were stopped as they arrived in Portsmouth on a ferry from the French port of...
Daily Mail (08-Oct-2009)

Government Office for Science Launches New Project On How Environmental Changes Would Affect Global Migration
A growing, urbanising global population over the next 50 years will create demand for more food, energy and water. Many modern megacities are located in coastal areas or river deltas, which are vulnerable to flooding and sea-level...
eGov Monitor (08-Oct-2009)

UK 'seen as soft touch' on immigration
France has said it intends to close the camp in Calais known as "the jungle", where migrants gather to try to reach the...
BBC news Oxfordshire (08-Oct-2009)

Bogus asylum seeker jailed
An African mother whose fight to remain in the UK with her British-born son was raised by members of the House of Commons and Scottish Parliament was jailed for 18 months yesterday after admitting she had lied about her...
Times Online (08-Oct-2009)

JAIL FOR ASYLUM SEEKER WHOSE LIES FOOLED MPS
AN asylum seeker whose battle to stay in the UK was championed by Scottish politicians was jailed yesterday for lying about her...
Sunday Express (08-Oct-2009)

Police bust drug networks across north London
HUNDREDS of police officers launched dawn raids on 15 homes across north London in a bid to bust several drug dealing networks. The raids were launched after undercover officers posing as drug dealers seized...
Enfield Independent (07-Oct-2009)

Conservative Party Conference: What do voters think?
Conservative Party Conference: What do voters think? Other Central Government stories Tories pledge to end 'Britain's caution culture' with instant punishments for yobs Osborne: 'Middle-income earners won't fund tax breaks for millionaires' Suspended sentence for Johnson's former deputy Tories - one-year...
24Dash.com (07-Oct-2009)

'Refugee' woman jailed for deceit
An African woman who lived in Glasgow while seeking refugee status has been jailed for 18 months after admitting lying about her background. Fatou Gaye, 38, and her son Arouna, four, were removed from their home in Sighthill during a dawn raid in...
BBC News (07-Oct-2009)

Chris Grayling: Speech on crime and disorder
The full text of shadow home secretary Chris Grayling's conference speech on law and...
Yahoo Uk And Ireland News (07-Oct-2009)

Press Releases


Conservative Party Conference

October 7, 2009

Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migrationwatch, in a press release, said that:

"It is welcome news that immigration will be a "big priority" for a Conservative Home Office, as Chris Grayling put it. The key will be how the Conservatives annual limit is defined and whether it will be low enough to hold the population of the UK well below the 70 million now officially projected for 2028. We hope that the Conservatives will soon be as honest and forthright on immigration as they have been on the economy. Both will affect the whole of society for generations to come."