Friday, 6 November 2009

A selection of recent media reports

Noodle bar restaurant caught employing five illegal workers
A Cambridge noodle bar is facing a potential £50,000 fine after it was caught employing five illegal...
Eat Out (05-Nov-2009)

MP mauled over troops comment
OLDHAM MP and Immigration Minister Phil Woolas said British troops fighting in Afghanistan are there in part to help control immigration. Giving evidence before a Commons select committee the Oldham East and Saddleworth MP said the number of asylum-seekers coming to the UK would...
Oldham Evening Chronicle (05-Nov-2009)

Government has 'failed' asylum seekers
Lord Hylton writes for ePolitix.com ahead of today's short debate on people detained under immigration and asylum...
Yahoo Uk And Ireland News (05-Nov-2009)

Asylum seekers genetic tests criticised
Scientists criticise genetic testing of some African asylum seekers.
Hc2d (05-Nov-2009)

WITHAM: Bus driver tackles stowaway
A SUSPECTED illegal immigrant was chased and brought crashing down by a rugby tackle from bus driver Daniel Peck. The man, in his 20s, was one of five Afghans, including three young teenagers, who jumped from a lorry on the Crittall Road industrial estate in...
This is Total Essex (05-Nov-2009)

A sorry day for Britain, democracy and the Tories
This a desperately sad moment for British democracy and sovereignty - a moment when the great majority of voters have been disenfranchised and left with no serious political party to represent their...
Daily Mail (05-Nov-2009)

Finer points of immigration rules lead to tiers and cheer
AS IT approaches its first anniversary on 20 November, the government's new immigration regime for non-EU workers can already boast one notable scalp. In September, Baroness Scotland, the Attorney General, was fined £5,000 for failing to keep documentation in relation to her housekeeper a Tongan...
The Scotsman (05-Nov-2009)

MINISTERS WAR GAFFE
IMMIGRATION Minister Phil Woolas sparked outrage yesterday when he claimed British soldiers in Afghanistan were helping to control the number of people trying to get into the...
Daily Express (05-Nov-2009)

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)