Tuesday, 26 October 2010

A selection of recent media reports

Armed EU guards to patrol Greece-Turkey border
Brussels deploys new force in attempt to curb entry of hundreds of illegal migrants a day via large unmonitored...
U TV (25-Oct-2010)

Are ministers mulling a rethink on immigration cap?
It would be a volte-face to prompt an angry backlash from the right. But there are a few smoke signals emerging from above 10 Downing Street that a rethink of the immigration cap could be...
FT.com - Blogs (by Jim Pickard) (25-Oct-2010)

Four arrested as police raid wedding ceremony
A 21-year-old woman was led across a city centre street in a full-length white dress and handcuffs today after a raid targeting a suspected sham...
The Independent (By Dave Higgens, PA) (25-Oct-2010)

Cameron hints at migration cap concession as he tells big business 'we will not impede' recruitment
David Cameron today hinted at a possible climbdown over plans for a migration cap as he insisted the coalition will not hinder businesses. The Prime Minister stressed that the coalition will not 'impede'...
The Mail On Sunday (Daily Mail Reporter) (25-Oct-2010)

One in five primary schools 'full or overcrowded'
Rising numbers of schools are full to bursting point, Government statistics reveal. One in five (20.3%) state primary schools, 3,444 in total, are full or have more pupils than they are meant to cater for,...
The Independent (By Alison Kershaw, PA) (25-Oct-2010)

EU to help Greece counter clandestine immigration
Description -- (BRUSSELS) - The European Union will help Greece face its growing problem with clandestine immigration, Internal Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem said late...
EUbusiness.com (25-Oct-2010)

Sham marriage foiled when groom forgets bride's name
An immigrant couple's sham marriage was exposed when the groom was unable to remember the bride's name at the registry office. Portuguese Jorge Mouchinho and his fake Trinidadian bride Falana McKenzie...
Mail Online (Daily Mail Reporter) (25-Oct-2010)

Romanian children found working in Worcestershire field
Seven Romanian children between the ages of nine and 16 have been found working in a field in Worcestershire.
BBC (25-Oct-2010)

Language tests to hit Britons the most
Tough new English language rules for foreign brides and grooms will discriminate against British citizens because of EU laws, The Daily Telegraph can...
Telegraph.co.uk (By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Editor) (25-Oct-2010)

MIGRANT GPS TAKE UNSKILLED JOBS
LABOUR S shambolic grip on immigration was laid bare yesterday after it emerged that thousands of ordinary jobs have been given to foreigners allowed here by laws meant to attract only the highly...
Daily Express (Martyn Brown) (25-Oct-2010)

A fifth of primary schools 'full'
Rising numbers of schools are full to bursting point, Government statistics have revealed. One in five (20.3%) state primary schools, 3,444 in total, are full or have more pupils than they are meant to cater for.
Guardian.co.uk (25-Oct-2010)

EU illegal immigration law faces knife-edge vote
(Reuters) - A law that allows illegal immigrants to be detained for up to 18 months faced a knife-edge vote in the European Parliament on Wednesday due to left-wing opposition and doubts among other lawmakers, EU.
Reuters UK (25-Oct-2010)

Greece wants EU immigration patrols on its Turkish border
Description -- (ATHENS) - Greece wants the European Union to deploy its immigration patrols on the Greek-Turkish border where a massive influx of undocumented migrants is recorded in recent months, a...
EUbusiness.com (24-Oct-2010)

The capture of Tower Hamlets
People like myself who have warned for some years now about the steady Islamisation of Britain receive a torrent of scorn and abuse from the so-called custodians of our...
The Spectator (24-Oct-2010)

Croydon Council ordered to educate asylum-seeking teenagers
Two teenage asylum seekers have won a battle against Croydon Council to provide them with school places. Mr Justice Lindblom, a High Court judge ruled the authority failed in its legal duty to find two...
Your Local Guardian (24-Oct-2010)

Multiculturalism is not the cure in a land divided by minorities
IT'S official: Multiculturalism is bunk -- and while German chancellor Angela Merkel may have raised a few eyebrows with her remarks that it has been an abject failure in Germany, only the truly blind will argue...
Irish Independent (24-Oct-2010)

The new slaves: Children forced to work as farm labourers
Our campaign aims to persuade the Government to tackle human...
The Independent (By Emily Dugan) (24-Oct-2010)

MERKEL BRIDGES THE ANGLO-DEUTSCH CULTURAL DIVIDE
Immigration and the deliberate attempt to create a multicultural society are controversial subjects which political leaders usually prefer not to...
Scottish Daily Express (Jimmy Young) (24-Oct-2010)

One third of 'brain surgeon' immigrants in unskilled jobs
Labour laws designed to bring highly-qualified foreign workers such as brain surgeons into the UK were used by immigrants to get jobs as shop assistants and security guards, the Coalition claimed last...
Mail Online (Brendan Carlin) (24-Oct-2010)

Wilders Case To Re-start With New Judges
A Dutch politician on trial for inciting hatred against Muslims won the right to have trial judges replaced after an appeals panel judge pressured a...
OfficialWire (NewsDesk - iWireNews ) (23-Oct-2010)