Saturday, 19 December 2009

selection of recent media reports

'Immigrants' by the dozen
By Gemma Gardner TWELVE suspected illegal immigrants were discovered in Buntingford this week. It is believed that the suspected stowaways, who identities and nationalities are not known at this stage, came to the town in a...
Hertfordshire Mercury (18-Dec-2009)

The illegal e-Borders disaster
The electronic border control system was flawed from the outset. The IT profession needs to learn to stand up to its...
Guardian.co.uk (18-Dec-2009)

More immigrants seeking advice
Seven times more immigrants sought advice on redundancy in the past year, a new report has...
Yahoo Uk And Ireland News (18-Dec-2009)

Research points to sharp decline in faith in Britain
New research from the National Centre for Social Research paints a bleak picture of declining faith in Britain. The survey of more than 4,000 people across Britain found that the number of people describing themselves as Christian has dropped in the last 25 years from 66 per cent to 50 per...
Christian Today (18-Dec-2009)

BRITAIN'S BORDERS HIT BY STRIKES
BRITAIN S borders will be plunged into chaos tomorrow as immigration officers go on strike. The 24-hour walkout by 450 staff is expected to cause huge delays as thousands return from Christmas markets and booze cruises...
Daily Star (18-Dec-2009)

Doubts cast on eBorders plan
THE viability of the UK government's £1.2 billion e-Borders programme is in question, after it emerged that passengers cannot be required to hand over their personal...
The Scotsman (18-Dec-2009)

IMMIGRATION CENTRE 'UNACCEPTABLE'
Conditions for women and children at an immigration removal centre are "wholly unacceptable", a report has...
Daily Express (18-Dec-2009)

Government bows to EU, undermining £1.2bn electronic borders scheme
Serious doubts over the viability of the scheme to track people in and out of the country emerged today after the Government gave way to pressure from the European Commission over the collection of travellers' personal...
Times Online (18-Dec-2009)

Report looks at UK eBorders programme
The Commons Home Affairs Committee publishes its report today on the project for digitising immigration control which highlights a number of problems in the UKs eBorders...
The United Kingdom Parliament (18-Dec-2009)

A gaping hole in our £1.2bn 'eborder' net: Crackdown is hopelessly diluted to meet EU law
Labour's £1.2billion 'electronic borders' scheme to protect Britain from illegal immigrants and terrorists descended into a shambles last night. The project's success depends on logging every passenger movement in and out of the UK so police, border guards and the security service know who is...
Daily Mail (18-Dec-2009)