Monday, 9 November 2009

A selection of recent media reports

'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)

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...
Guardian.co.uk (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)

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)

Climate change may push migrants to cooler Britain
THE governments chief scientific adviser has warned that climate change could destabilise populations across Europe, potentially triggering a wave of migrants heading for cooler regions such as the British Isles and Scandinavia. 
Sunday Times (08-Nov-2009)

NO ONE WILL BUY INTO LABOUR'S CONCERN OVER IMMIGRATION
MALADROIT is not a word i use in everyday conversation. Come to think of it, i am not sure that i have used the word maladroit in any kind of conversation but apparently it is the mot du jour for Home Secretary Alan...
Daily Express (08-Nov-2009)

Asylum seeker due to be sentenced for Bradford murder
A Kurdish asylum seeker found guilty of murdering a Bradford man is due to be sentenced tomorrow. Dana Abdullah stabbed twenty seven year old Mohammed Basier as he left a bar in Manningham in...
Sunrise Radio (08-Nov-2009)

Home Office covered up immigration risk
Labour's open door immigration policy knowingly risked allowing dangerous people to settle in Britain unchecked, according to documents seen by The Sunday...
Times Online (08-Nov-2009)