Sunday, 4 July 2010

A selection of recent media reports

Illegal migrant caught twice at Welsh ports on the same day
A BOLIVIAN woman failed in separate attempts to enter Wales illegally on the same day using two different Welsh ports. The 41-year-old arrived in Pembroke on board a ferry from the Republic of Ireland at...
Daily Post (03-Jul-2010)

Illegal immigrant duo admit growing drugs
TWO illegal immigrants from Vietnam have pleaded guilty after cannabis plants with a potential yield worth more than £230,000 were found at an address in...
This is South Wales (03-Jul-2010)

Frank Field: 'Labour has always been conservative'
Labour maverick Frank Field now works for the coalition, and plans to tear up child poverty targets and focus on single dads. So is he bothered that old colleagues are accusing him of...
Guardian.co.uk (03-Jul-2010)

Four arrested after immigration raids in Dewsbury and Elland
FOUR Pakistani nationals were arrested during raids on fast food restaurants suspected of employing illegal workers. The UK Border Agency swooped on Ravensthorpes Hot Grill on Huddersfield Road...
Huddersfield Examiner (02-Jul-2010)

Edgware man jailed over sham marriage scam
AN Edgware man has been jailed, along with three others, for his part in a sham marriage scam. The scam, involving Nigerian and Dutch nationals, resulted in six years jail time in total after police discovered the fake marriages, which took place at a Haringey...
Times Series (02-Jul-2010)

Londons Cockney accent will be gone in 30 years
The ancient East End way of talking is being replaced by a new hybrid known as...
The First Post (02-Jul-2010)

Immigrant who killed woman may be spared jail
A MAN who killed his landlady after blaming her for arranging an attack on him could be spared a jail sentence, a judge said yesterday. Jonas Norkus, 43, suspected Vitalija Nemniaseviene, 48, a fellow Lithuanian, was involved in underhand dealings, and that she had him beaten up when he crossed...
The Scotsman (02-Jul-2010)

Illegal immigrant is cleared of helping to run cannabis factory
AN illegal immigrant who claimed to be just 14 but who was deemed by a judge to be at least 18 has been cleared of helping to run a cannabis factory in...
This is South Wales (02-Jul-2010)

A WATER SHORTAGE FARCE
AS THE threat of hosepipe bans looms amid forecasts of 2010 turning into the driest year since records began, the scale of leaks in Britain s water supply system is shocking to...
Daily Express (02-Jul-2010)

Speech Of the Week: Prime Minister's Address To The Times CEO Summit
"For me, the essential question and the question I want to try and answer tonight is how will Britain earn its living and its place in the world in the future," said the Prime Minister as he addressed the Times CEO summit in...
eGov Monitor (01-Jul-2010)

Obama makes keynote speech on immigration
President Barack Obama is pressing for reform of US immigration policy in his first major speech on the...
BBC News (01-Jul-2010)

Major Changes In Australia's Immigration Rules
(RTTNews) - Major changes in Australia's immigration rules came into effect on Thursday. Australia has come up with a new Skill Occupation List (SOL), which brings down recognized occupations for immigrants from 480 to only...
Quote.com (01-Jul-2010)

Pan-European operation sees 31 arrests
More than 30 arrests in relation to illegal immigration were made last week as part of a pan-European operation organised by Europol and Eurojust. One person was arrested in the UK, 13 in France, five in Germany and 12 in Hungary, all on suspicion of facilitating illegal...
Police Professional (01-Jul-2010)

Jail for conman who took Children in Need cash
An asylum seeker who swindled charities, including BBC's Children in Need, into paying him £42,000 in grants has been jailed for three years and seven...
Evening Standard (01-Jul-2010)

Labour needs to reconnect with England
The Tories have virtually no presence in Scotland and the Lib Dems are absent from much of the UK, but Labour has lost four million voters in England since 1997. To win them back it must start speaking the language of an England outside the metropolitan...
New Statesman (01-Jul-2010)