Tuesday, 10 November 2009

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Migrationwatch Chairman, Sir Andrew Green's comment on Home Secretary, Alan Johnson's interview with the Independent

November 9, 2009

"At last he has woken up. In July, after his remark that he did not lose any sleep over the prospect of a population of 70 million, we conducted an opinion poll in his own constituency of Hull. 80% thought he was out of touch with people like them. 85% were concerned about a population of 70 million. 83% wanted immigration cut from its 2007 level of 237,000 to less than 50,000.

What do you have to do to get the attention of the political class?"


A selection of recent media reports

Government accused on immigration
Ministers have been accused of "deliberately deceiving" the British public over a secret plan to increase immigration. Tory shadow home secretary Chris Grayling said ministers had waved through hundreds of thousands of new arrivals without proper...
Channel 4 News (09-Nov-2009)

Tories accuse government of breaking FoI laws
The Conservatives have accused the government of deliberately breaking its own Freedom of Information law over requests concerning immigration policy. In an urgent question to the Commons, shadow home secretary Chris Grayling said the government had attempted to "deceive the British public" by...
ePolitix.com (09-Nov-2009)

Johnson demands immigration debate to counter BNP threat
Home Secretary Alan Johnson has called for a debate on immigration pitched at Britain's "moderate majority" as he campaigned in Glasgow North East. Mr Johnsons comments were on the same day that BNP leader Nick Griffin today also paid a visit to the...
Herald Scotland (09-Nov-2009)

Revealed: Government's 'heartless' treatment of forced marriage victims
British citizens who have been forced into marriages overseas are being asked to cover the costs of their repatriation to the UK, The Independent has learnt.
The Independent (09-Nov-2009)

Call for more debate on immigration
Home Secretary Alan Johnson has called for a "rational" debate on immigration to challenge the views of the far right British National Party. In an interview with The Independent, Mr Johnson acknowledged that Labour may have in the past avoided the issue and in doing so played into the hands of the...
Liverpool Daily Post (09-Nov-2009)

EU Immigration: EU And Turkey To Work Together To Curb Ilegal Immigration
The October 2009 European Council has welcomed the beginning of the reinforced dialogue on migration with Turkey and called for concrete steps to be rapidly taken, in particular as regards readmission and border...
eGov Monitor (09-Nov-2009)

Johnson: immigration 'discussion' needed
Home secretary Alan Johnson has called for a discussion on immigration, saying the government has "shied away" from the issue. In an interview with the Independent, Johnson acknowledged that in the past Labour may have avoided the issue and in doing so played into the hands of the...
Civil Service Network (09-Nov-2009)

Firms owe millions in unpaid fines
MILLIONS of pounds in fines slapped on firms hiring illegal workers have not been paid. Official figures show four out of ten penalties imposed in the past ten months have not been...
The Scotsman (09-Nov-2009)

'Let's debate immigration'
MINISTER Home Secretary Alan Johnson last night called for a "rational" public debate on immigration. Mr Johnson said: "People think Labour has shied away from a debate on...
Sunday Mirror (09-Nov-2009)

Papers review Remembrance Sunday
Monday's morning papers carry images of the services held around the world to mark Remembrance Sunday. The Daily Express says the prime minister has become embroiled in a row for apparently failing to bow while laying a wreath at London's...
BBC News (09-Nov-2009)

RISK-TAKING IMMIGRATION POLICY ENDANGERS US ALL
A WEEK ago the home secretary Alan Johnson declared that successive governments, including his own, had been maladroit in their handling of immigration. It was an odd choice of words and it sounded like a poor excuse,signalling merely that matters had been handled...
Daily Express (09-Nov-2009)

Australians want PM to be tougher on boat people
New opinion polls added pressure on Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Monday to take a tougher stand against asylum-seekers and end a standoff involving 78 boat-people picked up by an Australian ship off...
Yahoo Uk And Ireland News (09-Nov-2009)

FURY AT OPEN DOOR TO AFGHAN FIGHTERS
MORE than 20 Taliban fighters were allowed into Britain unchecked after border staff were told to take risks . Labour s open door immigration policy allowed foreigners to enter Britain without proper checks so a backlog of visa applications could be cleared, leaked papers...
Daily Star (09-Nov-2009)

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Labour's migrant lies
Last month we discovered that for at least eight years New Labour operated a secret 'open-door' immigration policy - part of a deliberate strategy to change the ethnic make-up of Britain and 'rub the Right's noses in diversity'.
Daily Mail (09-Nov-2009)

SLOPPY MIGRANT POLICY 'IS LETTING TALIBAN INTO UK'
TALIBAN terrorists may have been allowed to slip into Britain unhindered because of Labours open-door immigration policy.
Daily Express (09-Nov-2009)

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Discipline, 'tough love' and child abuse
It is a scene played out in supermarkets across Britain every day. A harassed mother trying to do the weekly shop, while simultaneously keeping two bored, fractious children in check, finally runs out of...
Daily Mail (09-Nov-2009)

Johnson: we need a debate on migration
Labour's failure to engage with issue 'has boosted BNP' admits Home...
The Independent (09-Nov-2009)

Leading article: The immigration debate we need
The Home Secretary, Alan Johnson, suggests in an interview with this newspaper today that the Government has "shied away" from the debate about immigration.
The Independent (09-Nov-2009)

CALL FOR MORE DEBATE ON IMMIGRATION
Home Secretary Alan Johnson has called for a "rational" debate on immigration to challenge the views of the far right British National...
Daily Express (08-Nov-2009)

New immigration row as memo reveals Home Office officials told to 'take risks' on letting migrants into Britain
Ministers were accused yesterday of inviting migrants into the country regardless of the security risk they might pose. Documents released under Freedom of Information rules revealed that a senior official had said Home Office staff were to be 'encouraged to take risks' over immigration.
The Mail On Sunday (08-Nov-2009)