Tuesday, 29 June 2010

A selection of recent media reports

Migrants must get private healthcare insurance to take pressure off NHS | Mail Online
Immigrant workers will be forced to have private healthcare, it has emerged. The surprise measure is designed to prevent them placing further strain on the National Health...
The Mail On Sunday (29-Jun-2010)

Immigration cap attacked as 'economics of sixth-form'
CONTROVERSIAL curbs on the number of skilled workers allowed into the country from outside the European Union could have a "dangerous" impact on Scotland's economy, it was claimed last...
The Scotsman (29-Jun-2010)

MAIL COMMENT: At last there's hope on mass migration | Mail Online
Nothing so sharply divided the last government from the people it was meant to represent than mass, uncontrolled immigration. In poll after poll, some 80 per cent of ordinary Britons made clear their deep concern over the impact of Labour's open-door policy on jobs, housing, public services and...
The Mail On Sunday (29-Jun-2010)

Leading article: Incredible capping
There was always a suspicion of sleight of hand about the Conservative Party's policy on immigration during the election campaign. The public are clearly exercised about the number of immigrants who have come to Britain over the past...
The Independent (29-Jun-2010)

Migrants must get private healthcare: Firms told to provide foreign workers with insurance to take pressure off NHS
Immigrant workers will be forced to have private healthcare, it has emerged. The surprise measure is designed to prevent them placing further strain on the National Health...
Mail Online (28-Jun-2010)

Illegal immigrant jailed over Radford cannabis factory
AN illegal immigrant has been jailed for his part in cultivating a massive cannabis factory in Coventry which contained more than 300 plants. Sinh Van Hoang, a Vietnamese national, appeared at Coventry Crown Court on Friday where he admitted the charge of cultivating cannabis, a Class B...
Coventry Telegraph.net (28-Jun-2010)

FIRMS 'MAY HAVE TO INSURE MIGRANTS'
Firms could be forced to take out private health insurance for migrant workers in a bid to ease the "undue" pressure of immigrants on the NHS, the Government has...
Daily Star (28-Jun-2010)

FactCheck: the annual immigration cap and the EU
Is the home secretary right to say that most immigrants come from outside the EU? How much difference will today's new annual cap make to the immigration total? FactCheck...
Channel 4 News (28-Jun-2010)

Britain sets interim limit on non-EU migration
The British government Monday set an interim limit of 24,100 on non-EU migration to the country, ahead of a permanent cap to be introduced next April after consulting businesses and gauging the needs of the...
Irish Sun (28-Jun-2010)