Wednesday, 24 February 2010

A selection of recent media reports

Government 'concealed real intentions on immigration' - report
Ministers were accused today of pursuing plans for sharp increases in migration despite knowing the public wanted tighter restrictions. 
24dash.com (23-Feb-2010)

Immigration 'cover-up' denied 
Immigration minister Phil Woolas has denied the Labour government attempted to deliberately cover-up a mass immigration policy. 
Politics.co.uk (23-Feb-2010)

Growing 'grass' in the swimming pool
Cannabis farms are appearing at properties in quiet residential streets throughout Lancashire and the rest of the UK in unprecedented...
Blackpool Today (23-Feb-2010)

Government accused over reclaiming
The Government has been accused of failing to reclaim healthcare costs from European countries whose citizens now live in Britain and use the...
Yahoo Uk And Ireland News (23-Feb-2010)

'Public opinion defied' over immigration
Ministers were accused yesterday of pursuing plans for sharp increases in immigration despite knowing the public wanted tighter...
Yorkshire Post (23-Feb-2010)

Somali mother can claim thousands in UK benefits because her children attend British schools, EU judges rule
A Somali mother-of-four is entitled to claim thousands of pounds in benefits because two of her children are attending UK schools, EU judges ruled...
The Mail On Sunday (23-Feb-2010)

Dutch parties tussle over approach to far right
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutch Labour politician's call to keep far-right leader Geert Wilders out of a new government has stirred anger among other parties who consider the move undemocratic and likely to drive voters towards...
Reuters UK (23-Feb-2010)

Illegal immigrants caught at engineering firm
THREE illegal immigrants have been caught by the UK Border Agency working at a Huntingdon firm. Officers visited VIP Polymers in Windover Road on Thursday and immigration checks revealed that three members of staff were in the UK without permission, all having overstayed their...
Cambridge News Online (23-Feb-2010)

Maternity payments for parents seeking asylum
Asylum seekers who are expecting a child or already have children and are receiving asylum support may be entitled to extra money. Asylum Support Partnership have produced a leaflet which explains what payments are available and what people need to do to receive...
Equalitysouthwest (23-Feb-2010)

Railway race row after SNCF displays posters warning passengers to report 'sightings of Romanians' after thefts
Frances national railway was plunged into a race row today after producing an official poster warning passengers to be on the look out for 'Romanians'.
The Mail On Sunday (23-Feb-2010)

Secret Labour plan to increase immigration for social reasons dismissed public's opposition as 'racist'
Labour 'wanted social change', according to the new document Labour encouraged mass immigration even though it knew that voters opposed it, Whitehall documents confirmed...
Daily Mail (23-Feb-2010)

Farmer fined £20,000 for employing illegal workers
A poultry farm near Crediton, Devon, has been fined £20,000 after employing 13 illegal immigrant workers from Afghanistan and Namibia. Immigration officers and Devon & Cornwall police discovered the workers last July, in a dawn raid of Merrifield Farm, which produces barn-reared and free...
First 4 Farming (23-Feb-2010)

David Cameron: We Still Have Lots To Do
With less than 100 days to go before the country must choose a new Government, David Cameron has told Sky News he still has much to do to win over...
Yahoo Uk And Ireland News (23-Feb-2010)

Two charged with facilitating young boy into Britain
Two women have been charged with attempting to bring a 10-year-old boy into the UK illegally. Congolese national Nedege Kyara Bongo, 28, and 49-year-old Augustin Mumbamuna, a French national, were arrested at Newhaven Port on Thursday 11...
M2 (23-Feb-2010)

Opponents of immigration could be racist, warned advisers a decade ago
People opposed to immigration in to Britain could be influenced by racism, a previously unseen Government paper...
Telegraph.co.uk (23-Feb-2010)