Monday, 12 July 2010

A selection of recent media reports

Somali asylum seeker family given £2m house... after complaining 5-bed London home was 'in poor area'
A family of former asylum-seekers from Somalia are living in a £2.1million luxury townhouse in one of Britain's most exclusive addresses at a cost to taxpayers of £8,000 a month. 
Daily Mail (11-Jul-2010)

Former asylum-seekers given housing benefit for £8,000-a-month Kensington home
Taxpayers are footing the £8,000-a-month bill for a family of former asylum-seekers from Somalia to live in a £2.1million luxury...
Telegraph.co.uk (11-Jul-2010)

Turkey goes cool on joining the European Union as it falls for the lure of the East
As Europe's top diplomat prepares to travel to Turkey, Colin Freeman finds a country not entirely convinced about their need to join the...
Telegraph.co.uk (11-Jul-2010)

GAY ASYLUM RULING IS SUPREME STUPIDITY
YOU know that hideous sign you often see at butchers, dreary offices and anywhere blighted by the David Brent style of wacky manage ment culture: You Don t Have To Be Mad To Work Here But It Helps! It s time to rearrange it for anyone seeking to come to this country to: You Don t Have To Be Gay To Settle...
Daily Express (11-Jul-2010)

Leading article: Hard times for the young
This newspaper is 20 years old, the same age as many of the young people who are going into the labour market at the most difficult time in those two...
The Independent (11-Jul-2010)

Terror Visa Fear
BRITAIN could face a flood of bogus foreign students after the High Court yesterday tore up rules to keep them out. 
The Sun (10-Jul-2010)

Schools will be forced to share facilities as pupil numbers soar
A radical campus-style solution to the growing crisis in school accommodation has been recommended in a confidential report. It says that primary school pupil numbers will rocket by 64,000 to almost 570,000 by the year...
Irish Independent (10-Jul-2010)

MIGRANT CRACKDOWN ILLEGAL'
GOVERNMENT immigration plans were in tatters last night after a judge blocked a bid to crack down on bogus...
Daily Star (10-Jul-2010)

Court quashes visa rules barring basic-English speakers from language courses
Tougher rules on English-language requirements for foreign students that it was claimed would cost universities £1 billion a year have been quashed by the High...
Times Higher Education (10-Jul-2010)