Copenhagen climate conference: World risks 4C rise even if there is a deal Its not just the Swiss all Europe is ready to revolt Fears over student visas Anti-immigration comments flood French government website set up to spark national identity debate Adviser calls for review of foreign student visas Illegal workers held at 2012 site 90 arrested in illegal Olympic worker crackdown Failed asylum seeker jailed for selling porn UK Attracting The Brightest And The Best In Skills Foreign graduates in circus skills have right to stay in UK Poverty 'was rising before recession' Calls for review of foreign students' visas OSAMA BIN LADEN'S SON BANNED FROM ENTERING BRITAIN MIGRANTS USE 'JOKE' DEGREES TO LIVE IN BRITAIN Government immigration adviser 'stunned' by ways migrants exploit degrees in circus skills to stay in Britain Foreign student visa review call by UK advisory body Embargoed until 00:01 4 December 2009 - Meeting the needs of the UK economy through selective high-skilled immigration Colleges may face ban on taking foreign students in visa crackdown Work permits to boost immigration This sceptical isleA selection of recent media reports
The world could suffer catastrophic climate change even if there is a deal at Copenhagen, scientists have warned.
Telegraph (04-Dec-2009)
A ban on minarets may seem racist to the BBC, says Rod Liddle, but in fact we should applaud any small battle won in the peoples war against the growing Islamification of Europe
Spectator (04-Dec-2009)
THE government's chief immigration adviser fears that too many foreign students are being given visas at the end of their degree courses. Professor David Metcalf, chairman of the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), said he was "stunned" to discover hundreds of colleges which were not "proper"...
Edinburgh Evening News (04-Dec-2009)
A French government website set up to spark a 'Great Debate' on national identity has been flooded with comments suggesting immigrants should 'go home'.
The Mail On Sunday (04-Dec-2009)
LONDON (Reuters) - The government's chief immigration adviser called on Friday for a review of jobs taken by foreign students in Britain to check they are not flouting visa...
Reuters uk (04-Dec-2009)
More than 90 people have been arrested in a crackdown on unlawful working at the 2012 Olympic Games site, the UK Border Agency has...
BBC London (04-Dec-2009)
More than 90 people have been arrested after a crackdown on unlawful working at the 2010 Olympic Games site, the UK Border Agency said today. Officers from the UKBA, who are based permanently at the site in Stratford, east London, made 93 arrests between April and late November, 85 of which involved...
The Independent (04-Dec-2009)
A FAILED asylum seeker caught selling extreme pornography at a Sunday market has been jailed in a landmark prosecution. Ming Chen, 27, of no fixed address, was employed to trade pirated films for a criminal gang after absconding from a detention...
Manchester Evening News (04-Dec-2009)
In the best interests of the UK economy and labour market, the MAC has produced a package of recommendations on key areas of Tier...
The Gov Monitor in London (04-Dec-2009)
Immigrants are using degrees in circus skills, acupuncture and ancient medicine to stay in Britain, says an immigration expert. Professor David Metcalf, chairman of the Migration Advisory Committee, said he was "stunned" that 770 universities and colleges offer courses that provide a route for non EU.
Evening Standard (04-Dec-2009)
Fresh concerns have been raised over Labour's failure to tackle poverty after a report found the number of families on low incomes was increasing long before the recession...
Thisismoney.co.uk (04-Dec-2009)
The Government's chief immigration adviser has called for a review of "lower tier" colleges because of fears that too many foreign students are being given visas at the end of their degree...
Yahoo Uk And Ireland News (04-Dec-2009)
OSAMA bin Laden s son was last night barred from entering Britain to marry his English fiancée. Saudi national Omar bin Laden, 28, claimed preventing him from marrying five-times-divorced gran Jane Felix-Brown, 54, breached his human...
Daily Star (04-Dec-2009)
FOREIGN students are using qualifications in circus skills and theatre studies to claim the right to live in...
Daily Express (04-Dec-2009)
Tens of thousands of immigrants are gaining the right to work in the UK by obtaining degrees from 600 colleges which are not 'proper' universities. Professor David Metcalf, chairman of the Migration Advisory Committee, said he was 'stunned' to discover how many colleges were accredited to hand out bachelor..
Daily Mail (04-Dec-2009)
Rules allowing non-European students to stay in the UK after attending further education colleges should be reviewed, a government advisory panel...
BBC News (04-Dec-2009)
The first review by the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) of the highly skilled migration routes (Tier 1) of the Governments Points Based System for managed migration recommends that the routes should be...
News Distribution Services (04-Dec-2009)
Ministers are moving to crack down on abuse of the student and graduate visa systems in an attempt to get to grips with illegal immigration. The tightening of regulations could damage parts of the education industry worth more than £1 billion a...
Times Online (03-Dec-2009)
Work permits for refugees could be issued in Scotland under a new plan to make it easier for successful asylum seekers to settle north of the...
BBC News Berkshire (03-Dec-2009)
Britons are less keen on immigration than most in continental Europe or North...
Economist (03-Dec-2009)
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