Tuesday, 9 March 2010

A selection of recent media reports

Bates Wells & Braithwaite has paved the way for US rapper Snoop Dogg to enter the UK after a long-running battle with UK immigration.
The Lawyer.com (09-Mar-2010)

Around 20,000 asylum-seeking families are living in destitution in the UK. Nancy Rowntree asks whether the system needs reform. Asylum seekers. Image: Arlen Connelly Aicha was forced into prostitution after her claim for asylum was rejected by the UK authorities and her financial support was...
cypnow (09-Mar-2010)

Despite a relatively smooth rollout of the new Tier 4 system for the immigration of international (non-EEA) students, the Boarding Schools Association (BSA) has expressed concerns over its future...
Politics.co.uk (09-Mar-2010)

Local authorities have been accused of supplying more information on asylum-seeking children than they should to the UK Border's Agency (UKBA), which is allegedly using the information to make decisions on...
Community Care (09-Mar-2010)

Asylum is protection given by a country to someone who is fleeing persecution in their own country. It is given under the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of...
Times Online (09-Mar-2010)

If we can be sure of anything, it is that the mysterious and harrowing tale of the Russian family who jumped from a Glasgow tower block was not the typical story of failed asylum-seekers.
Times Online (09-Mar-2010)

WESTMINSTER politicians from all main parties have failed to convince voters that they can control immigration, an exclusive opinion poll for the Daily Express reveals...
Daily Express (09-Mar-2010)

AS we inch closer to the general election the political parties are ever more vocal with policies, pledges and promises as they clamour for...
Daily Express (09-Mar-2010)