Thursday, 3 June 2010

A selection of recent media reports

More misleading claims about migration
Migration Watch are plain wrong to suggest that the introduction of the Points-Based System for managing immigration has led to an increase in the number of economic migrants entering the...
IPPR (03-Jun-2010)

Britain saw rapid rise in non-EU influx with points plan
The Labour's bluff was called as official figures revealed the tightened points-based immigration system was not so tough after all, with immigration from non-European Union countries showing a dramatic rise of 25 percent in the year ending last...
Irish Sun (03-Jun-2010)

Britain is full up - Cameron must act to stem the tide of immigration 
With Labour at last accepting that immigration is an issue, the Coalition needs to move fast, says Benedict Brogan 
Daily Telegraph (03-Jun-2010)

New points system let in more foreign workers not fewer
Tens of thousands of extra migrants have been allowed into Britain under a supposed tough new points system introduced by the Labour...
Telegraph.co.uk (03-Jun-2010)

GORDON BROWN IN FIRING LINE OVER GUILTY SECRET 
LABOUR S guilty secret over immigration was exposed...
Daily Star (03-Jun-2010)

MIGRANTS SOAR BY 20% DESPITE GORDON BROWN'S CRACKDOWN
THE number of migrants entering Britain from outside the EU soared by a fifth last year despite Labours supposedly tough new points-based immigration...
Daily Express (03-Jun-2010)

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Cynical sham that insults public | Mail Online
It was the classic New Labour reaction to mounting popular concerns over the safety of genetically modified foods: set up an expensive public consultation process - and then rig it to give the answers the government...
The Mail On Sunday (03-Jun-2010)

Immigration soars 20% after Labour's 'crackdown'
Labour's supposedly tough points-based immigration system actually led to huge increases in foreign workers and students cleared to live in Britain, it emerged last...
Mail Online (03-Jun-2010)

Too many French willing to fit the xenophobic cliche
A survey confirming the casual racism of many French people highlights how mainstream prejudice is in the...
Guardian Unlimited - Comment is Free (02-Jun-2010)

DETENTION CENTRE CONCERNS RAISED
Some detainees at an immigration removal centre continue to face "unacceptably long periods" of detention, according to a newly-published...
Daily Express (02-Jun-2010)

Eds X factor 'will inspire a Labour revival'
LABOUR leadership candidate Ed Miliband has the X factor which will prove crucial in taking the party back to power, former Welsh Secretary Peter Hain has...
Wales Online (02-Jun-2010)