Thursday, 25 March 2010

A selection of recent media reports

Calais opens new border facility to fight illegal immigration... paid for by British taxpayers
A new centre for tackling illegal immigration into Britain opened in Calais yesterday. The Anglo-French co-ordination centre - comprising high-tech surveillance equipment and intelligence sharing - will is part of a drive that will cost UK taxpayers an estimated...
The Mail On Sunday (24-Mar-2010)

MP's burka stance ignites war of words
The Conservative MP for Kettering, whose constituency includes villages such as Brixworth and Moulton, faced a police investigation after he dubbed the burka "the religious equivalent of going around with a paper bag over your head with two holes forADVERTISEMENT the eyes".
Northampton Chronicle and Echo (24-Mar-2010)

Angry anglers blame Eastern European migrants for dramatic decline in city river's fish stocks
Angry anglers today condemned immigrants for the 'rape and pillage' of a city's river as they prey on fish and swans for food. 
Daily Mail (23-Mar-2010)