Tuesday, 5 January 2010

A selection of recent media reports

New Points Based System for Students
The home secretary has admitted that the government had been 'maladroit' in its past handling of immigration. Listen Again to the programme. 
BBC Radio 4 (05-Jan-2010)

Man admits Portsmouth ferry port people smuggling
A man has admitted smuggling illegal immigrants into Portsmouth ferry...
The News (Portsmouth) (04-Jan-2010)

Concern over illegal immigrant appointments
Opposition politicians have expressed concern over newspaper allegations that illegal immigrants have been employed in several departments and...
Civil Service Network (04-Jan-2010)

Illegal immigrants work at government offices, newspaper reveals
Nearly 350 illegal immigrants have been working for the government in some of the country's most sensitive offices, including the UK Border Agency, it has been...
Personneltoday.com (04-Jan-2010)

Mother and son face people-smuggling charge
A French councillor and her son are to appear in court in Portsmouth charged in connection with the alleged smuggling of 16 illegal immigrants into the UK on board a...
Business.scotsman.com (04-Jan-2010)

172,600 sign up to Facebook protest to stop Islamic extremist march through Wootton Bassett
More than 172,600 people had last night signed an internet petition protesting about plans by Islamic extremists to march through Wootton Bassett. Hate preacher Anjem Choudary sparked outrage by saying his radical group Islam4UK would parade through the town renowned for honouring soldiers killed in...
Daily Mail (04-Jan-2010)

180 immigration offenders removed in past year
IMMIGRATION chiefs say they have removed 180 immigration offenders working and living illegally in Devon and Cornwall over the past year. The UK Border Agency's team, based in Plymouth, have carried out 84 illegal working raids between January and December at businesses suspected of employing..
This is Plymouth (04-Jan-2010)

12 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WORK AT HOME OFFICE
GORDON Brown faced fresh embarrassment last night as it emerged 12 illegal immigrants have been working at the Home Office. One even landed a job as a security guard checking visitors at the door of the department s...
Daily Star (04-Jan-2010)

HOME OFFICE TOOK ON ILLEGAL STAFF
ILLEGAL immigrants have been found working in top Government offices including the headquarters of the UK Border Agency that is supposed to keep them out of the...
Daily Express (04-Jan-2010)