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A selection of recent media reports

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)

Today on SunTalk Today's... Online Sun (04-Feb-2010)

Teenage Vietnamese immigrant is discovered hiding behind car dashboard at Dover This is the shocking image of a desperate Vietnamese girl wedged into a tiny space behind a car dashboard stopped in Dover. The terrified girl, believed to be aged around 16, was found by immigration officers hiding in the miniscule space as she arrived in Britain last... Daily Mail (04-Feb-2010)

WHAT A CRIMINAL SITUATION NO wonder Britain s immigration detention centres are overflowing more than 1,200 foreign criminals who have served their prison sentences are held in them at any one... Daily Express (04-Feb-2010)

Minister: Ban dole for new migrants A SENIOR Labour minister said last night that new immigrants should be BANNED from claiming... Online Sun (04-Feb-2010)

A manifesto for women: Their views brim with common sense, so why does no party speak for the women of middle England? Comments (0) Add to My Stories Sue Smith, Chairman of the Townswomen's Guild, has her own ideas on what will make a better Britain For decades, members of our organisation have challenged the Government on scores of social issues ranging from grandparents' rights, to better adult... The Mail On Sunday (04-Feb-2010)

DASHBOARDS, PETROL TANKS... HIDING PLACES FOR MIGRANTS BRITAINS porous borders have been exposed by a frontline police officer dealing with illegal immigration. Daily Express (04-Feb-2010)

FOREIGN CRIMINALS NOT BEING SENT OUT OF BRITAIN HUNDREDS of foreign criminals are being kept in immigration detention centres while the Home Office struggles to send them home, figures revealed... Daily Express (04-Feb-2010)

'The BNP tap into peoples frustrations': Margaret Hodge on her plans to introduce a points system for immigrants In 2007, I was criticised from across the political spectrum for saying I thought recently arrived economic migrants' rights cannot come before people who were born or lived here for many... Daily Mail (04-Feb-2010)

Christianity being squeezed out in the name of 'equality', Archbishop of York warns Christianity is being wiped out from public life in the name of equality, the Archbishop of York said yesterday. Dr John Sentamu accused politicians and others of trying to sideline religion by promoting their false idea of 'tolerance'. Daily Mail (04-Feb-2010)

Time to 'lance boil' of resentment over 'unfairness' of immigration, says Labour's Margaret Hodge as she prepares to fig.. Migrants would be forced to 'earn' the right to benefits and council housing over several years under explosive plans outlined today by a senior Labour... Daily Mail (04-Feb-2010)

Excuse me, but is there anyone out there who can tell me what the Tory Party's policies are? As a member of the so-called commentariat I should know what the Tories' policies are on a wide range of subjects, but I don't. This could be because I am failing in my... Daily Mail (03-Feb-2010)

Beds and a piano arrive at 'Sangatte II' immigrant welcome centre A controversial new hostel in Calais dubbed Sangatte II has been fitted with 40 beds and a piano for migrants hoping to sneak into Britain. The warehouse - on a street called England Square - has been rented by local charities SOS and No Border in defiance of a French ban on giving shelter to illegal... Daily Mail (03-Feb-2010)

Suspected illegal immigrants held in Berkshire Eight suspected illegal immigrants have been arrested after a police officer spotted them climbing from a lorry in... BBC News Berkshire (03-Feb-2010)