Thursday, 23 September 2010

A selection of recent media reports

Turkey says Germany and France threatened by EU bid
Allowing Turkey to join the European Union would make the bloc...
Yahoo! News UK & Ireland (22-Sep-2010)

Six illegal workers found at Wellingborough firm
Almost half the staff of a business in Northamptonshire have been.
BBC News England (22-Sep-2010)

Foreign nationals held in immigration raids
Seven Filipinas and four Chinese were nabbed at three different...
Car Rentals (Robert Bergerson) (22-Sep-2010)

Immigrant pregnancies stretch NHS
The BBC has been told the influx of eastern Europeans to the UK...
BBC (22-Sep-2010)

Big Drop In UK-Bound Immigrants At Calais
The long-running battle to stop illegal immigrants reaching the...
Yahoo! News UK & Ireland ((c) Sky News 2010) (22-Sep-2010)

Lib Dem Chris Huhne: coalition's immigration plans risk £100m wind turbine factory
Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne today stoked the row over.
The Mail On Sunday (James Slack) (22-Sep-2010)

Sweden's election results are a bad omen for the Labour Party, regardless of which Miliband brother wins on Saturday
It was music to my ears. The Swedish Social Democrats polled...
Telegraph Blogs (By Toby Young) (22-Sep-2010)

CLEGG WORDS CAN'T HIDE LIBERALISM'S DESTRUCTIVE LEGACY
LIKE many conservatively inclined voters, I have spent the last...
Scottish Daily Express (Patrick O'Flynn) (22-Sep-2010)

Liberal Democrat Chris Huhne says coalition immigration plans jeopardise £100m wind turbine factory
Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne today stoked the row over.
The Mail On Sunday (James Slack) (21-Sep-2010)

Rise of the far right in Sweden
Politicians in Sweden are negotiating to form a government...
Channel 4 News (By Channel 4 News) (21-Sep-2010)

Swedish politics pays the price for ignoring immigration | Ola Tedin
The Sweden Democrats, a xenophobic populist party with roots in...
M.Guardian (Ola Tedin) (21-Sep-2010)

Dutch face budget cut of at least 3.2bn euros
The Dutch caretaker government has announced budget cuts of 3.
BBC News Europe (21-Sep-2010)

Illegal worker taught at schools in Bedfordshire
An illegal immigrant who used false identification to gain.
BBC News England (21-Sep-2010)

UNHCR says asylum situation in Greece is 'a humanitarian crisis'
Source: UNHCR Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for.
Reuters AlertNet (21-Sep-2010)

Pair arrested as police raid car boot sale
A CAR boot sale near Cheltenham was raided by police hunting for..
This is Gloucestershire (21-Sep-2010)

The rise of the far-Right: Europe's worrying trend
Telegraph View: European governments must develop a more...
Telegraph.co.uk (20-Sep-2010)

Political stalemate looms in Sweden amid far-right rise
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt pleaded for calm Monday..
Yahoo! News UK & Ireland (Rita Devlin Marier) (20-Sep-2010)

French mayor bars children of asylum seekers from nursery school
Campaigners angered as Jacqueline Eustache-Brinio says she cannot.
U TV (20-Sep-2010)

Anti-immigration party formed from skinhead movement seizes balance of power in Sweden
Democrats win 20 seats to enter parliament for first time...
The Mail On Sunday (Daily Mail Reporter) (20-Sep-2010)

Is Europe tiring of its immigrants?
"I pity the poor immigrant who wishes he would've stayed...
BBC Blogs (Gavin Hewitt) (20-Sep-2010)