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A selection of recent media reports

Illegal immigrant killed six-week-old baby daughter he fathered in bid to remain in UK An illegal immigrant who murdered the daughter he had to avoid deportation was jailed for life today. Olusola Akinrele, 34, was told he must serve at least 16 years in prison for killing six-week-old baby girl Leeya in December... The Mail On Sunday (19-Feb-2010)

One in five firms 'still hiring migrants despite rising number of jobless Britons' One in five firms is still hiring migrant workers despite the rising number of jobless Britons. In the public sector, some 24 per cent of employers said they were turning to migrant labour - despite Gordon Brown's promise to deliver 'British jobs for British workers'. Daily Mail (19-Feb-2010)

Immigrants found in a Leicester-bound lorry Two illegal immigrants have been found concealed in a lorry which was bound for... This is Leicestershire (19-Feb-2010)

Illegal Immigrant Found Hiding in a Toilet An illegal immigrant was stopped from entering the UK for a second time after being found hiding in the toilet of a coach full of tourists. The search for the man began when a lorry driver on board P&O Ferries' Spain to Portsmouth service saw his cab had been broken into and food... Sunrise Radio (19-Feb-2010)

Man Faces Deportation After Coming off a Roof A man who threatened to jump off a block of flats in North-west London faces deportation. After a dramatic five-and-a-half hour stand-off in which he threatened to throw himself off the roof, officers from the UK Border agency arrested the Indian man on suspicion of immigration... Sunrise Radio (19-Feb-2010)

Bogus wedding gang 'lynch pin' jailed A man described as the "lynch pin" of an East London sham marriage ring has been jailed for six years, following a two year investigation by our... M2 (19-Feb-2010)

Women charged after boy, 10, brought to UK Two women have been charged with trying to bring a 10-year-old boy into the UK illegally after being stopped at a cross-Channel port in East Sussex, the UK Border Agency has... Driffield Times (19-Feb-2010)

Clean up on illegal workers in the North West Eight cleaners working illegally have been arrested as part of a nationwide crackdown on illegal working. Our officers targeted a number of addresses across Merseyside and Manchester on Friday 12 February 2010 in a day long operation starting at 0800 and finishing at... M2 (19-Feb-2010)

RISE IN COUNCIL TAX TO PAY FOR MIGRANT CRISIS THE cost of coping with asylum seekers has forced an immigration frontline area to drive up council taxes, it emerged... Daily Express (19-Feb-2010)