A selection of recent media reports
Baltic migrants start to usurp Poles
The Latvian labourer could soon usurp the Polish plumber as the most recognisable symbol of east European migration, according
Financial Times (26-Feb-2010)
Two passports a minute are given to foreigners as 1.5m issued since Labour elected
Passports were given to foreigners at the rate of two a minute last year. Officials approved a record 203,865 citizenship applications, 58 per cent more than in...
Daily Mail (26-Feb-2010)
Asylum cases target 'unachievable'
The immigration system will miss a major target for dealing with asylum cases, an independent watchdog has warned. John Vine, the chief inspector of the UK Border Agency (UKBA), said the target of dealing with 90% of asylum cases within six months was "unachievable" with current...
Liverpool Daily Post (26-Feb-2010)
'Health tourists' face crackdown under new proposals
Visitors to the UK could be required to hold health insurance before they can enter the country, the government says. The move is an attempt to crack down on "health tourists" who come for treatment but fail to pay for...
BBC News (26-Feb-2010)
NHS 'tourists' who fail to pay health bill could be banned from Britain, say ministers
NHS tourists face being banned from Britain if they fail to pay health bills, ministers confirmed today. The new rules, revealed this week by the Standard, aim to stop foreigners flying here for free...
Evening Standard (26-Feb-2010)
IMMIGRATION SOARS FIVE-FOLD AS LABOUR LEAVES BORDERS 'WIDE OPEN'
THE number of immigrants granted British citizenship soared by half as much again to more than 200,000 last year, official figures revealed...
Daily Express (26-Feb-2010)
Statement by the Co-Chairmen of the Cross-Party Group on Balanced Migration re ONS Migration Statistics Quarterly Report..
Todays immigrations figures, the last before the General Election, confirm that immigration remains a major problem for our society.
Balanced Migration (26-Feb-2010)
Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency publishes report on asylum
A report published today by the Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency has identified that, based on current staffing levels and the complexity and volume of asylum cases, the UK Border Agency's target of concluding 90 per cent of asylum cases within six months by December 2011 is...
M2 (26-Feb-2010)
It's not hard to grasp the BNP's appeal
Defeating the BNP needs more than a press strategy. It needs politicians to address their abandonment of the working...
Guardian.co.uk (26-Feb-2010)
UK immigration records published online
Details of more than 600,000 immigrants who arrived in the UK between the late 18th and early 20th centuries were published online for the first time today, including a distant relative of Conservative leader David...
Evening Standard (26-Feb-2010)
HOME OFFICE 'WASTES £11M ON FLAWED ASYLUM DECISIONS'
A refugee charity has accused the Home Office of wasting an estimated £11 million last year by making flawed decisions on asylum claims that had to be overturned on...
Community Newswire (26-Feb-2010)
Watchdog warns of immigration backlog
THE immigration system will miss a major target for dealing with asylum cases, an independent watchdog warned today. John Vine, the chief inspector of the UK Border Agency (UKBA), said the target of dealing with 90 per cent of asylum cases within six months was "unachievable" with current...
The Scotsman (26-Feb-2010)
Consultation on new rules for foreign nationals access to NHS
New proposals on the access of foreign nationals to the NHS, aimed at preventing health tourism were set out today by the Department of...
News Distribution Services (26-Feb-2010)
Conclusion Of 90% Of Assylum Cases By December 2011 Is Unachievable - UK Border Agency Chief Inspector
The report Asylum: Getting the Balance Right? inspected the UK Border Agencys effectiveness in meeting its published targets for concluding asylum applications and legacy cases whilst ensuring quality decision-making and the provision of information to...
eGov Monitor (26-Feb-2010)
IMMIGRATION, BIAS AND THE BBC'S SHAMEFUL RECORD
WITH an election in the offing it was only a matter of time before the liberal elite attempted to kill the issue of immigration stone...
Daily Express (26-Feb-2010)
UK Border Agency 'set to miss key asylum target'
A key Home Office target of dealing with 90% of asylum applications within six months is "unachievable", an independent watchdog has warned. The chief inspector of the UK Border Agency, John Vine, said the complexity and volume of cases the agency must deal with had created a...
BBC News (26-Feb-2010)
Number of foreigners given British citizenship rises by more than half
THE number of foreigners given UK passports shot up by more than half last year, figures revealed yesterday. A total of 203,865 people were granted British citizenship in 2009 an increase of 58 per cent on...
The Scotsman (26-Feb-2010)
PROTESTS AT 'ONE-SIDED' BBC PROBE
A BBC documentary on migrant workers came under fire yesterday for giving an allegedly one-sided view of the impact of mass immigration in...
Daily Express (26-Feb-2010)
ASYLUM CASES TARGET 'UNACHIEVABLE'
The immigration system will miss a major target for dealing with asylum cases, an independent watchdog has...
Daily Express (26-Feb-2010)
Migrants minister Phil Woolas: It hurts my family
BUNGLING Immigration Minister Phil Woolas has admitted his own family "suffered" as a result of Labour's disastrous open-door migration...
Online Sun (26-Feb-2010)
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