Tuesday, 3 November 2009

A selection of recent media reports

NEWS DIGEST: 2ND NOVEMBER 2009
01. Official: UK population to hit 70 million by 2029 02. Former adviser reveals secret government immigration 03. Governments extra housing would meet immigrants demand in a week 04. Pressure on primary school places immigration fuelling demand 05. ippr report on re-migration 06. Government consults on new Points Based System for citizenship 07. Government finally limits jobs for foreign workers 
Balanced Migration (02-Nov-2009)

Government has made mistakes in handling of immigration, admits Alan Johnson
Home Secretary Alan Johnson admitted today that the Government had made mistakes over immigration policy. In his first speech on the topic, Mr Johnson said Labour had been 'maladroit' in its handling of the...
Daily Mail (02-Nov-2009)

Points-based immigration system for foreign students easy to manipulate says whistleblower on 5 Live's Donal MacIntyre p..
... Date: 01.11.2009 Category: 5 Live Students admitted after numerous refusals Checks in home countries inadequate "Colleges" complicit in scam In an interview on BBC Radio 5 Live's Donal MacIntyre programme this Sunday 1 November,...
Sourcews World (02-Nov-2009)

Ex-Speaker to face MPs over Green arrest
Former Speaker Michael Martin is set to face questions from senior MPs over the arrest of Conservative MPs Damian Green last year. Metropolitan police officers did not have a warrant to search Mr Green's parliamentary office in November 2008 but had been permitted to do so by parliamentary authorities, who..
View London.co.uk (02-Nov-2009)

Study reveals more people may vote BNP
THE nine-member BNP group on Stoke-on-Trent City Council is likely to expand next year, according to a leaked opinion poll. An Equality and Human Rights Commission study carried out by research firm ICM, polled 1,500 people in the BNP stronghold areas of Stoke-on-Trent, Blackburn and northwest...
The Sentinel (02-Nov-2009)

Refugees 'better qualified' claim
Refugees living in Wales are more highly qualified than people born in the country, a new report has claimed. The Centre for Migration Policy Research at Swansea University found at least a quarter of refugees had a degree gained in their own...
BBC News (02-Nov-2009)

YOU PAY £24M TO POLISH KIDS
BRIT taxpayers are forking out £24million a year in benefits for children living in POLAND, shock figures have revealed. Campaigners have demanded an end to the handouts, which can be claimed by Poles and other migrant workers for their kids under EU...
Daily Star (02-Nov-2009)

The Neather Brouhaha: A Correction
So I was wrong. It was a mistake to suggest that the alleged Neather Plot - that is, the conspiracy to "swamp" Britain with Labour-voting imigrants - was the kind of cockamamie scheme that could only be the work of over-excited junior clever chaps at the Home...
The Spectator (01-Nov-2009)

Taxpayers give £20m benefits to Polish children - even if they have never stepped foot in Britain
British taxpayers are funding child benefit payments for more than 50,000 children of migrant workers - even though they remain living in their own...
Daily Mail (01-Nov-2009)

Britain pays child benefit for more than 50,000 children living abroad 
British taxpayers are funding child benefit payments for 37,900 children who live in Poland, Treasury figures show. 
The Sunday Telegraph (01-Nov-2009)