Saturday, 21 August 2010


A selection of recent media reports

Australia's 'toxic' asylum issue
Holed up in the dark stinking hull of a wooden fishing boat, Amalan, a Sri Lankan Tamil refugee, made a "nightmare" voyage to Australia.
BBC News (21-Aug-2010)

Murdered in a country that has betrayed its real heroes
As the Spitfire and Hurricane fighters flew over London yesterday to mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, they.
Mail Online (21-Aug-2010)

Leaders fear for Netherlands' image as anti-Islam populist turns kingmaker
Geert Wilders's plans to joins New York protests against Ground Zero mosque prompt confidential memo to...
Guardian.co.uk (20-Aug-2010)

Huddersfield car washes raided by Border Agency looking for illegal workers
IMMIGRATION officials raided car washes in Huddersfield in a bid to clean up illegal working. Officers from the UK...
Huddersfield Examiner (20-Aug-2010)

100 deported as Sarkozy gets tough on Roma camps
France deported nearly 100 gypsies, or Roma, to their native Romania yesterday as part of a very public effort by...
Living.Scotsman.com (20-Aug-2010)

Immigration Key As Australians Go To Polls
Opinion polls suggest Australia's general election will be the closest in decades with immigration emerging as the key.
Yahoo! News UK & Ireland (20-Aug-2010)

Hepatitis C And B Undetected In Over Half A Million People In UK
Have you ever felt under the weather but the doctor has been unable to diagnose what is wrong with you? Have you ever shared..
MediLexicon (20-Aug-2010)

Title : Legal challenge to DNA tests of asylum seekers
THE UK Government could be acting illegally if it uses DNA testing to try to determine the country of origin of asylum...
SCVO (20-Aug-2010)

Balls urges stiffer migration rules
Labour leadership contender Ed Balls has called for stiffer rules on migration within Europe. Mr Balls called for changes to.
Ashbourne News Telegraph (20-Aug-2010)

France defends Roma crackdown amid fresh expulsions
France was set to repatriate nearly 140 more Roma on Friday, a day after scores were flown back to Romania under a...
Yahoo! News UK & Ireland (20-Aug-2010)

How to spot sham marriages
Church of England clerics are receiving help from the UK Border Agency to spot sham marriages after recent arrests of...
Church Times (20-Aug-2010)

Leading article: A rising global tide of xenophobia
The deportations began yesterday. Two flights left France, bound for Bucharest, with 93 Roma immigrants on board.
The Independent (20-Aug-2010)

£100,000 DRIVING FRAUD PAIR JAILED
AN ILLEGAL immigrant and his sister, who made at least £100,000 taking other peoples driving tests, were jailed for...
Sunday Express (20-Aug-2010)