Thursday, 16 September 2010

A selection of recent media reports

All eyes on Sarkozy as Roma storm hijacks EU summit
All eyes are on President Nicolas Sarkozy Thursday as Europe kicks off an explosive summit overshadowed by a slanging match...
Yahoo! News UK & Ireland (16-Sep-2010)

Multiculturalism: Some Inconvenient Truths
Has Britain succeeded in integrating its African and Asian immigrants (Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims) into the larger society? Have.
Times Higher Education (16-Sep-2010)

Treatment of the Roma: the shame of a continent
It would be a bitter irony if Europeans cannot reconcile their cherished right to free movement with the Roma...
Guardian Unlimited - Life and Style (16-Sep-2010)

Overseas students are vital to our education system, not a drain on it
This group boosts the economy by £8bn each year, yet we focus on visa...
Guardian Unlimited - Life and Style (16-Sep-2010)

Key Pope aide pulls out of British visit after calling UK a 'Third World' nation
A key member of Pope Benedict XVI's Vatican entourage has pulled out of the Pontiff's visit to Britain just days after he criticised the country as 'Third World'
Daily Mail (15-Sep-2010)

France defends Roma expulsion policy
France today angrily defended its controversial Roma crackdown, attacking the European commission for comparing the policy to...
M.Guardian (15-Sep-2010)

WOOLAS DENIES BREACHING POLL RULES
Ex-Labour immigration minister Phil Woolas has told a court it would have been "political suicide" to break electoral...
Daily Star (15-Sep-2010)