Friday, 5 February 2010

A selection of recent media reports

Met's gangbusters seek new recruits
On 6 April last year, officers from the Metropolitan Police raided an address in a quiet residential area of north London. Inside the innocuous looking property they found an Aladdin's cave of printing equipment - printers, embossers, metallic strips, holograms - acquired by an Albanian criminal gang who...
PrintWeek (05-Feb-2010)

Trucker bailed in Berkshire immigrants case
A driver who was arrested after eight suspected illegal immigrants were found climbing out the back of his lorry in Berkshire has been...
BBC News Berkshire (04-Feb-2010)

Wedding scammer fights deportation
A Nigerian man jailed for arranging sham marriages to win foreign nationals legal status in Northern Ireland has launched a last-ditch legal bid to avoid...
U TV (04-Feb-2010)

Arrests over girl smuggled into Tyneside
A HUMAN trafficking gang has been busted after trying to sneak a girl of 15 into Tyneside. The schoolgirl, originally from Armenia, in Eastern Europe, arrived at the North Shields Ferry Terminal, having travelled from...
Chronicle Live (04-Feb-2010)

UK immigrants given priority as Australia tackles nurse shortage
The increasing demand for nurses in Australia has led to the Minister for Immigration, Chris Evans, to grant nursing migrants priority processing for their visa...
Nursing Times (04-Feb-2010)

Cameron: Gay refugees from Africa should be given asylum in UK
Gay refugees from Africa should be granted asylum in the UK, David Cameron has said. The Tory leader suggested homosexuals should be allowed to stay in Britain if their life would be in danger if they were sent...
Daily Mail (04-Feb-2010)

Labour Minister Says New Immigrants Should be Banned from Benefits
A senior Labour ministers said new immigrants should be banned from claiming benefits. Culture minister Margaret Hodge said last night the Government needs to stand up for people who have always lived in...
Sunrise Radio (04-Feb-2010)

Suspected Hampstead brothel shut down
POLICE have moved in to close down a suspected brothel in Hampstead. Officers from the Frognal and Fitzjohn's Safer Neighbourhoods Team issued a closure notice to a brothel on Finchley Road where a number of girls were thought to be working as...
Hampstead and Highgate Express (04-Feb-2010)

UN Urges Europe To Take In More Refugees
The United Nations refugee agency today called on Europe to play a larger role in refugee resettlement, 90 per cent of which is currently borne by the United States, Canada and...
eGov Monitor (04-Feb-2010)