Thursday, 5 November 2009

A selection of recent media reports

MIGRANTS MUST LEARN OUR LINGO
THE Home Secretary has issued three tough new rules for all immigrants: learn English, obey the laws and pay tax. Alan Johnson vowed to crack down on people coming here for the wrong...
Daily Star (04-Nov-2009)

Outrage as minister claims British troops are fighting in Afghanistan to stop immigrants coming to Britain
Immigration minister Phil Woolas has been slammed by MPs for claiming that British troops fighting in Afghanistan are there to help control immigration.
Daily Mail (04-Nov-2009)

Noodle bar raided by immigration officers
Yippee Noodle Bar on King Street A CAMBRIDGE noodle bar is facing a potential £50,000 fine after it was caught employing five illegal workers. The Yippee Noodle Bar in King Street was visited by UK Border Agency officers shortly after 5pm...
Cambridge News 2 (04-Nov-2009)

Work of the UK Border Agency evidence session
The Home Affairs Committee questions the Immigration Minister, Phil Woolas, and Lin Homer, Chief Executive of the UK Border Agency (UKBA). This is one of the Committees regular evidence sessions on the work of...
The United Kingdom Parliament (04-Nov-2009)

THE LISBON TREATY AND WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU
The Treaty slashes our ability to veto EU legislation that damages the UKs business and way of life. Our veto is axed in 40 areas from energy to public health and...
Sunday Express (04-Nov-2009)

Are immigration numbers set to fall in the UK?
While only a few days ago the UK government was still adamant there had been no mistakes with regards to its immigration program, Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary, has over the last 24 hours admitted that the government has not handled the immigration issue as well as it could...
FinancialAdvice.co.uk (04-Nov-2009)

Tories' prisons chief demands statement about rapist on run
SHADOW Prisons Minister Alan Duncan has demanded an immediate ministerial statement on how a man who raped two women in Derby and was to be deported was allowed to...
This is Derbyshire.co.uk (04-Nov-2009)

Restrictions remain for workers from Romania and Bulgaria
Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary, is to keep tight restrictions on migrant workers from Romania and Bulgaria just a day after admitted the Government had been inept in handling...
Telegraph.co.uk (04-Nov-2009)

UK keeps limit on Romanian, Bulgarian workers
The government said on Tuesday it would keep restrictions on the number of Romanians and Bulgarians allowed to work in Britain until the end of 2011 to protect British workers during the...
Yahoo Uk And Ireland News (04-Nov-2009)

Britain betrayed as hated EU treaty becomes law
THE last hope of blocking a new European constitution was snuffed out last night - the final kick in the teeth after Labour's betrayal of...
Online Sun (04-Nov-2009)

LABOUR IS TELLING US YET MORE LIES ABOUT IMMIGRATION
THE key moment in British politics this autumn took place less than two weeks ago on the edition of BBC s Question Time that included BNP leader Nick...
Daily Express (04-Nov-2009)

MINISTER ORDERS ALL IMMIGRANTS TO LEARN ENGLISH, OBEY OUR LAWS AND PAY TAXES
THE Home Secretary has issued three tough new rules for all immigrants: learn English, obey the laws and pay tax. Alan Johnson vowed to crack down on people coming here for the wrong...
Daily Star (04-Nov-2009)

Why Johnson felt the need to say sorry
Mainstream voters routinely tell researchers that they are both angry and mistrustful of Labour over the surge in immigration levels since 1997. Hardliners see the record as a deliberate attempt to impose a multicultural society on a nation that hadn't asked for...
Guardian Unlimited - Comment is Free (04-Nov-2009)

AN AMNESTY FOR ILLEGALS WOULD COST UK £130BN
AN AMNESTY allowing illegal immigrants to stay in Britain could cost taxpayers a staggering £130billion, a report claimed last...
Sunday Express (04-Nov-2009)

After 12 years, 'sorry' is not nearly enough
You wait 12 years for ministers to acknowledge they've made a shambles of immigration - and then two repentant Home Secretaries come along at once. First Alan Johnson admits Labour has been 'maladroit' in its handling of the issue, confessing that the unrestricted influx has put 'strain' on jobs and..
Daily Mail (04-Nov-2009)

UK Immigration issues more than 100,000 identity cards
UKBA has issued more than 100,000 identity cards to overseas nationals mainly to those extending their student or spouse visas. If proposed regulations are approved this week this will mean that from 6 January 2010 migrants from outside the European Economic Area will be issued with identity cards when they.
UK Immigration (03-Nov-2009)

Labour made mistakes over immigration, Alan Johnson admits
...The Home Secretary, admitted today that the Labour Government has made mistakes over immigration policy in his first speech on the issue.
The Daily Telegraph (03-Nov-2009)

Migration Watch welcome government admission on immigration
The Home Secretarys admission that the Government mishandled immigration comes too late according to a migration pressure group. Migration watch is welcoming Alan Johnsons admission some parts of the country have been disproportionately affected and said his predecessors had ignored backlog...
Sunrise Radio (03-Nov-2009)

Some citizens are more equal than others
In response to the perceived threat of terrorism and lack of social cohesion in an increasingly multicultural society, the government has been redesigning the process for integrating immigrants into British...
Publicservice.co.uk (03-Nov-2009)

I'm an illegal worker, can I reclaim NI payments?
I have been working in the UK illegally for the past 10 years and have been paying National Insurance using a fake NI number. I have been granted permission to stay and I now have a proper NI...
This is Money (03-Nov-2009)