Monday, 4 January 2010

A selection of recent media reports

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)

A WORD FROM THE EDITOR
IN THE run-up to the new year the newspapers were full of the most powerful and memorable photographs from...
Daily Express (03-Jan-2010)

Conservatives accuse Labour of raising immigration issue in marginal constituencies
Senior Conservatives have accused Labour of a "below the radar" campaign to raise the issue of immigration in marginal constituencies, especially where the BNP is eating into its core...
Telegraph.co.uk (03-Jan-2010)

Migrants who flock in to work collect benefits costing millions
TENS of thousands of immigrants are claiming the DOLE - just months after arriving in Britain supposedly to...
News of the World (02-Jan-2010)

Jobs for illegals at Home Office as dozens of NHS and public bodies break immigration laws
Illegal immigrants have been working at some of the most sensitive Government offices in the country - including the headquarters of the UK Border Agency - a Mail on Sunday investigation has...
Daily Mail (02-Jan-2010)

The two-faced truth about immigration
New Labour has two separate immigration policies. The first is the one it endlessly proclaims to the public of supposedly tough restrictions, raids on employers of illegal workers, expulsions of those with no right to stay...
The Mail On Sunday (02-Jan-2010)

Here, everyone is a minority
Leicester will soon become the first British city with a non-white majority a transformation which is welcomed by its...
Guardian Unlimited - G2 (02-Jan-2010)

Immigrants' family appeals costing taxpayers £1million a week
Family members of immigrants in Britain who are refused visas to visit their relatives are costing taxpayers £1 million a week by launching legal battles against the Home Office, according to new...
Telegraph.co.uk (02-Jan-2010)

LABOUR IS STILL SHAMEFULLY LAX ON IMMIGRATION LAWS
THE Government s claim that its new points-based system will sort out Britain s immigration chaos is already being shown up as a...
Daily Express (02-Jan-2010)

IMMIGRATION: NUMBER OF MIGRANTS WORKING IN UK SOARS
THE number of foreigners working in the UK has soared during the recession. More than 22,000 jobs have gone to migrants, despite 625,000 Brits joining the dole...
Daily Star (02-Jan-2010)

ANGER AT MIGRANT VISA COSTS
TAXPAYERS are footing a £50million-a-year bill to fund appeals by relatives of immigrants barred from...
Daily Express (02-Jan-2010)

AMANDA PLATELL: Why I want to be British
On a sunny July day, 25 years ago, a young girl from Applecreek, Australia, stepped off a boat on to English shores with a new husband, £100 in her pocket and a backpack full of...
Daily Mail (02-Jan-2010)

Foreigners' visa appeals are costing us £1m every week, says report
Foreigners seeking permission to visit relatives in Britain are costing taxpayers £1million a week in legal fees. The public is being saddled with the bill after Labour decided that applicants for family visas should not be expected to pay their own appeal...
Daily Mail (01-Jan-2010)

Taxpayers foot bill for Home Office blunder
A HOME Office blunder has cost taxpayers more than £20,000 after it failed to deport a foreign criminal, who was living in Rugby, at the end of his...
Rugby Today (01-Jan-2010)

YOU ARE TOO SOFT ON THE FANATICS, US TELLS BRITAIN
BRITAIN was yesterday accused of being a menace to the outside world for failing to tackle Islamic...
Sunday Express (01-Jan-2010)