Thursday, 23 December 2010

A selection of recent media reports

Illegal workers arrested at The Oracle
Four people working at stalls in The Oracle shopping centre have been arrested after UK Border...
Get Reading (23-Dec-2010)

ARROGANT JUDICIARY IS UNDERMINING BRITISH SOCIETY
BRITAIN is no longer a properly functioning democracy. The governance of our country is increasingly in the hands of a judicial elite that is beholden to Brussels and its own Left-wing bias.
Daily Express (23-Dec-2010)

Child benefit: there's plenty of welfare on offer to the Poles
The removal of middle-class child benefit payments is unjust, argues Philip Johnston
Daily Telegraph (23-Dec-2010)

Romania accuses France and Germany of 'discrimination' over Schengen exclusion
Romania has accused France and Germany of "discrimination" after the EU's two most powerful...
Telegraph.co.uk (By Bruno Waterfield, Brussels) (22-Dec-2010)

Bulgaria, Romania blocked from joining Schengen
Description -- (BRUSSELS) - France and Germany decided Tuesday to block Bulgaria and Romania...
EUbusiness.com (22-Dec-2010)

Romania and Bulgaria face delay in joining Schengen
The two Black Sea states hope to join the Schengen zone, which includes most of the EU, in March..
MSN News UK (REUTERS, REUTERS,) (22-Dec-2010)

Marriage visa rules in doubt after new court defeat
Rules designed to help prevent forced marriages may have to be ripped up after the Government...
Telegraph.co.uk (By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Editor) (22-Dec-2010)

Government to reinstate temporary immigration cap
(Reuters) - Britain said Monday it would reinstate a temporary cap on migrant workers from...
Reuters UK (By Tim Castle) (20-Dec-2010)

UK marriage rules for non-nationals are ruled discriminatory
ODonoghue Others -v- the United Kingdom: European Court of Human Rights Chamber judgment given on December 14th, 2010. Judgment The court held the United Kingdom should pay 24,500 in damages and expenses and £295 (348) in pecuniary damage to a Northern Ireland woman and her Nigerian husband for...
Irish Times (20-Dec-2010)

Our coverage on immigration and Europe was weak, admits BBC Director General
BBC coverage of issues such as immigration and Europe had been weak in the past, admitted the corporations Director General Mark Thompson.
Daily Mail (18-Dec-2010)