Sunday, 20 June 2010

A selection of recent media reports

Illegal immigrant spared jail and given dialysis treatment on the NHS
An illegal immigrant who bought a fake passport so he could stay in Britain has been spared jail so he can receive thousands of pounds in NHS...
This is Plymouth (19-Jun-2010)

TAXPAYERS FOOT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT'S HEALTH BILLS
AN illegal immigrant may never be deported because he is being treated for a costly medical condition at taxpayers ...
Daily Express (19-Jun-2010)

BENEFIT CHEAT JAILED FOR 3 YEARS
AN Iraqi asylum seeker who cheated taxpayers out of £200,000 in benefi ts has been jailed for three...
Daily Star (19-Jun-2010)

Navy wren jailed for smuggling £2m of cocaine on warship
A Royal Navy wren who came to Britain as an asylum seeker was jailed for seven-and-a-half years today for smuggling £2 million worth of cocaine into the UK on board a...
The Independent (18-Jun-2010)

Alex Salmond press complaint rejected
Media watchdog rejects complaint about 'inaccurate and misleading'...
Stv.tv (18-Jun-2010)

Illegal immigrant who bought fake passport avoids jail so he can get NHS treatment
An illegal immigrant who bought a fake passport so he could stay in Britain has been spared jail so he can receive NHS...
This is Plymouth (18-Jun-2010)

Clarke defends migrant charity collapse
A charity providing legal assistance to migrants and refugees which has entered administration was "unable to manage its affairs", the government has...
ePolitix.com (18-Jun-2010)

ASYLUM SEEKERS SLEEP ROUGH ON THE STREETS OF LEICESTER, ACCORDING TO NEW REPORT
ASYLUM SEEKERS are still sleeping on the streets, sofa-surfing and living hand-to-mouth, according to the fifth annual report on destitution in...
Refugee Action (18-Jun-2010)

Sham marriage gang smashed
SEVEN members of an international sham marriage ring are each facing up to seven years in jail after they admitted being part of a plot to assist illegal immigration.
The Bolton News (18-Jun-2010)

LABOUR'S CLONES HAVE CHANGED THEIR TUNE NOW
AS THE four clones now seeking the Labour leadership waffle on, their primary concern seems to be to distance themselves as far as they can from the very regime they served and were leading members of before May...
Daily Express (18-Jun-2010)

UK border officials 'beat deported Iraqis'
Iraqi asylum seekers deported from the UK have said that they were beaten by UK Border Agency (UKBA) personnel to get them on and off the...
UK Wired News (18-Jun-2010)